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ROW, ROW THE BOAT – HOMEWARD!
THE ATLANTIC CROSSING After a short flight from Dublin to Lisbon, then an interesting Uber ride from the airport to the cruise ship port where the driver couldn't find entrance, it was time to check into our oceanview stateroom on Holland America's Veendam for our 12-day voyage back to the States. View from the Lisbon …
IRELAND
DUBLIN A short flight from the Isle of Man is Dublin, the capital of The Republic of Ireland. This time we chose VRBO for our residence for the 2 days we would be in one of my favorite cities. My good friend and fellow sewist, Ruth, took the train from her home in Belfast to …
THE ISLE OF MAN
Least I forget or repeat, the best way to get around London by tube, bus or the Thames Clipper is using an Oyster Card. And your Oyster card can also be used for the fast train to Heathrow. It leaves from Paddington Station where we were whisked to Heathrow in under 30 minutes. A cab …
United Kingdom
LONDON I love London! I have visited this great city many, many times and I always find something new and something old that make me want to return again and and again. We flew the amazing Ryanair (which many hate but I actually really like) from Madrid to Stansted Airport north of London for the …
SPAIN
I apologize for the delay in your receiving the next chapter of my blog. I have been laid low for almost 2 months by a really bad cold that turned into bronchitis. I have been too sick and just too tired to do anything but take antibiotics and sleep! But I am finally on the …
SPAIN
MADRID Our next stop was Madrid. This is where we would have a pre-departure lunch with the others who had volunteered with DIVERBO to teach conversational English to Spanish executives for the next 8 days. But more about that in my next post. I wanted time in Madrid for two very special reasons - to …
SPAIN
BARCELONA Cala Milá This visit to Barcelona was all about Gaudi! We hopped the local train from the seaside into the main square of downtown Barcelona, Placa de Catalunya, and found the sign of where we would be staying for the next 3 days just across this very large square - Hotel Ginebra. This is …
