São Miguel Island – The Azores – Day 3 Unfortunately, this was our last full day in the Azores so we wanted to see a few more things before we had to go home. Since we had concentrated on the northern shores the previous day, we wanted to explore the southern coast of São Miguel […]
São Miguel Island – The Azores – Day 2
São Miguel Island – The Azores – Day 2 Since we had a full day to discover more of São Miguel Island, we decided to take it easy and not rush. While having breakfast, we did a quick load of laundry and hung it out to dry. Today our plan was to visit the northern […]
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São Miguel Island – The Azores – Day 1
São Miguel Island São Miguel Island is part of the Portuguese archipelago called the Azores in the mid-Atlantic. The Azores are located just 2 hours west of mainland Portugal and 4 hours east of the US coast by air. It is known as the Hawaii of the Atlantic. Flights from the US are from Boston […]
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Where I’ve Been
Where I’ve Been The map below shows where I’ve been. They are grouped by color based on where I have lived, visited, and have been in transit. Blue is where I have lived as an adult, green is where I have visited and yellow is where I have been in transit at an airport. Red […]
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Portugal Scouting Trip 2022 – Itinerary
Portugal Scouting Trip What is a Portugal Scouting Trip you ask? Portugal has been on our radar for a few years as a retirement destination. This trip was to visit many areas we had been looking at (online) for about 4 years. My main goal was to rule out some areas and add others to […]
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Lake Bled
About Lake Bled If you have ever looked at travel related blogs or websites, you have seen pictures of Lake Bled. Bled is a small town in western Slovenia. It has a beautiful lake in which there is an island with an old church. Bled Castle overlooks the lake and surrounding countryside and has great […]
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Svalbard – Arctic bucket list destination
About Svalbard A few years ago I became interested in Svalbard. Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean north of continental Norway, about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) from the North Pole. Svalbard is home to the Global Seed Vault. It’s also the northernmost year-round settlement on Earth (excluding research and military sites), […]
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Eurotrip 2018 Itinerary
Eurotrip 2018 We spent over 3 weeks traveling in France, Spain, and Portugal, including the Azores. Our Eurotrip 2018 started in Paris, then to Normandy, Mont Saint-Michel, and Bordeaux in France. The Spain portion was San Sebastian, Barcelona, Torrevieja, and Seville. Portugal included the Algarve area, Lisbon, Aveiro, Porto, and ended at Ponta Delgada in […]
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