Tag: Transit
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A Trip to France: Bordeaux
We wanted to do a bike tour and looked around, settling on a self-guided tour from Bordeaux to Carcassonne, run by Freewheeling Adventures out of Canada, with whom we’d done several trips before. We had…
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Lisbon Week 6
Another week with a trip to the beach across the Tagus, and random wanderings. The ferry dropped us off in Trafaria and we walked to the beach from there, passing near the grain silos and…
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To the Edge of Europe
Out to Cabo de São Vicente — the southwestern corner of Europe — through Sagres and Lagos, then dinner at Pizza Auna, where the sourdough comes from a Seattle starter.
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A Day in Tavira
Tavira's bakery and castle, the ferry across to Isla de Tavira (with a tuna-burger lunch at Xiri), Praia do Barril and the anchor cemetery, then Cacela Velha and Cabanas before a Tapas do Mundo dinner…
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Down to the Algarve
Three days settling into Portimão — the Eurocar wait, an Irish Rover first night, eggs and salads at home, the lighthouse walk, and an overlook at the west end of Praia da Rocha.
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South to Barcelona
Down the TGV to Barcelona — Sagrada Família, Montjuïc by cable car, gelato at the top, and two more days of Rick-Steves walking through the Gothic Quarter and El Born.
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Another Day In Paris
A slow day in Paris from Manou's — the canal Saint-Martin and its locks, the Lafayette exhibit Thierry illuminated, a croque monsieur lunch, and Italian dinner back in Coye.
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Marathon Sunday
Three Martha-spotting attempts along the Paris Marathon route, breakfast with Amatsia, and dinner in the Latin Quarter.