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Visiting Ferrari in Modena and Maranello, Italy
As well as the food we described in our last post, the Emilia-Romagna area of Italy is famous for something else that Italy is famous for around the world. Speed! Lamborghini, Maserati, Ducati and Ferrari all are based in this area.
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Bologna: The City of Happy Tummies
Italy is arguably the king of countries when it comes to gastronomy so what Bologna, the supposed food capital of Italy, would have to offer the hungry traveler has to surely be the stuff of dreams.
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Time For A Change in Travel Style: We’re Selling the Airstream
In June of 2014 we sold our San Diego home and everything in it and started traveling full time. The last three years have been an amazing experience.
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Falling in Love with Sicily
The place was amazing, not our usual budget AirBnB standard, we had a pool, huge terrace, gourmet kitchen and a farm to play in. We got to pick our own vegetables and have fresh eggs to feast on. Our hosts gave us a tour of the farm where we got to pet donkeys and taste…
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A Week Enjoying the Excitement of Madrid
We spent a fantastic week in Madrid, just wandering the neighborhoods and getting a feel for the pulse of Spain’s capital city. During the week we sampled multiple neighborhoods to get a feel for the different sides to the city.
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Does Lisbon Make Our List After A Five Week Stay?
After 5 weeks in the city we are in a much better position to decide if Lisbon stays on the potential home list or not. Lisbon is a fascinating city with a rich and colorful history and like everywhere there were a number of pluses and minuses for us.
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Our Day Trip to Sintra
Sintra is so close that it’s almost a suburb of the Greater Lisbon area but it feels like a world away.
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A Beautiful Few Days in Porto, Portugal
We had heard good things about Portugal’s second city Porto a few hundred kilometres north of Lisbon so decided it was worth a trip there. We weren’t disappointed.
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A Busy Easter Weekend in Lisbon
After many years living in the states, we had forgotten what a busy holiday Easter is in Europe. It’s a time when everyone gets out of dodge and heads somewhere else for the long weekend. Apparently lots of people from Lisbon leave town to visit elsewhere, but I have to believe that twice as many…
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Valencia, Spain – High Scores All Round for a Potential New Home
Even though we are not ready to put down roots yet, we are potentially looking for a home base from which to explore more in 2018, so we are weighing up all of our options.
The Scenic Route 