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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 -…

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  • Prince Edward Island, Travel
  • Apr, 24, 2024
  • 13 Comments

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…

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  • Lighthouses, Prince Edward Island, Travel
  • Apr, 23, 2024
  • 24 Comments

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…

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  • Barcelona, Organization, Planning, Travel
  • Apr, 10, 2024
  • 30 Comments

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…

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  • Barcelona, Travel
  • Apr, 08, 2024
  • 21 Comments

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…

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  • Barcelona, Travel
  • Apr, 03, 2024
  • 26 Comments

Barcelona Day Four: Montserrat, Breathtaking Hikes, and Wading in the Mediterranean

This day was simply glorious, even if it didn’t have the most auspicious of starts. (And maybe we shouldn’t pick favourites, but this was definitely my favourite.)

After a somewhat tiring Day Three, I was…

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  • Barcelona, Travel
  • Apr, 02, 2024
  • 33 Comments

Barcelona Day Three: Gaudi, More Gaudi, Picasso, Bathroom Woes and Bird Poop

There are a handful of attractions in Barcelona that require advanced tickets and, no surprise, Sagrada Familia is one of them. When we picked our visit time, first thing in the morning seemed ideal….

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  • Barcelona, Travel
  • Mar, 26, 2024
  • 28 Comments
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