Tag: travel
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Another year!
Goodbye, 2022! Hello, 2023! I love this time of year. As one year winds down, I start making lists and plans for the year ahead. For most of us, life is a constant balancing act between what we want to do and what is possible for us. Whether we are balancing our time and energy […]
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Are you ready to move to another country?
Things you should consider before your expat adventure I have been an expat or foreigner living in another country a few times in my life but only twice for long periods of time. My experiences and the stories of fellow long-term travelers and expats have taught me a few things about preparing to live in […]
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PuigcerdΓ
I need to talk about this place as I’m obsessed with this town in the north of Catalonia, minutes from the Spanish/French border. We stayed here on a weekend ski trip to nearby La Molina ski resort. PuigcerdΓ is a two-hour drive from Barcelona city center and a 3.5-5 hour train ride depending on which […]
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Gruissan & Narbonne
So it seems the seaside town of Gruissan is a well-loved and popular destination for the French and the Spanish. There are so many beautiful towns along the French Mediterranean but we quite by accident settled on Gruissan. A charming holiday destination with the typical south of France style -think pale blues, distressed woods, light […]
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Easter Island…
Have you ever dreamed of visiting the official or unofficial wonders of the world? Machu Pichu, Petra, the Pyramids…Easter Island? Well I do and did. From the time I was given a coffee table-style National Geographic book as a tween, I dreamed of visiting the most mysterious places, one of which was Easter Island – […]
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Bilbao – short trip
Had I known that Bilbao was such a rainy city, I might have ended up here five years ago on my first trip to Spain. Due to Bilbao’s proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, it has a temperate climate; never too hot or too cold. I am a definite lover of rain and was overjoyed to […]