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Happy Things Friday: 30 August (The Portugal Edition)

I’m back.

Sort of. My body and brain still feel like they’re 2,800 miles away in Portugal, but in reality they’re settling into a routine – or current lack thereof – here in Nova Scotia.

We…

Summer Brain Dump + Booking Another Adventure/Suggestions?

I have a love-hate relationship with summer. On the one hand, during the long, dark and cold Canadian winter I am kept alive by the promise of a day in the future where we…

Random, Travel
May, 30, 2024
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Prince Edward Island Day Two: Epic Dunes, Sweet Treats…and More Lighthouses

No one was in a hurry to get started on Day Two. I didn’t sleep very well, mostly because the room was too warm and I had opted – for no good reason -…

Prince Edward Island Day One: One Long Bridge, Four Lighthouses, and Millions of Red Rocks

One of the perks of keeping a One Line A Day Journal is the regular prompts about what we were doing this day in years gone by.

Apparently, two years ago, we had just wrapped…

Lighthouses, Prince Edward Island, Travel
Apr, 23, 2024
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Barcelona: Planning, Getting There, What It Cost…and an Unexpected Footnote

I’ve recycled a bit of the text from my Rome travel summary because, not surprisingly, we plan trips in similar ways year over year.

PLANNING

At this point, we’ve settled on a fairly clear division of…

Barcelona, Organization, Planning, Travel
Apr, 10, 2024
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Barcelona Day Six: Bubbles, Whimsy, and New Friends

It’s always good to finish a trip on a high note, and we broke glass with our operatic crescendo on this one! Day Six was wonderful (I still have a special place in my…

Barcelona, Travel
Apr, 08, 2024
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Barcelona Day Five: Cacti (Ouch!), Stadiums, and All Kinds of Art

Another day – a day I was determined to approach slowly. And we did just that. We didn’t wake up until after 8 am and, again, had leisurely showers before heading down to the…

Barcelona, Travel
Apr, 03, 2024
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