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South Africa’s Garden Route

It turns out South Africa is big, really big. It doesn’t take up all that much of Africa on a map, so the scale of it isn’t that apparent to us Americans. My dreams of seeing many far-flung parts of the country without flying a million times in 2 weeks were dashed. Luckily, we discovered […]

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Second Quarter by the numbers

November 13 to February 9 (88 days) 10 Countries: Morocco, Spain, France, England, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Egypt 2 continents: Europe, Africa 6 flights, 9 airports: RAK-SVQ, GRX-(MAD)-ORY, NAP-(FCO)-ATH, ATH-CAI 7 Long Distance Trains: Paris to London, London to Brussels, Brussels to Berlin, Berlin to Seefeld Austria, Seefeld to Venice, Venice to Rome, Rome […]

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Athens

We arrived in Athens via our first flights in over 8 weeks. (That is the the biggest gap in me flying in at least 15 months, maybe more. Thank you Europe for having such incredible trains, often free or 1/2 price for kids!) Our Airbnb host arranged a cab at the official rate to pick […]

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Naples

During our time in Naples I called back to the States and spoke with a relative who said “Naples, what are you doing there? It’s the worst city in Italy.” This person has never been to Italy, proving it’s worldwide reputation. While I have not been to all of Italy (or even close), I wouldn’t […]

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Berlin

Neither Germany nor Berlin were on our original itinerary. We had thought we would concentrate our Europe time in Spain, England and Italy (with a bit of France). However a rare thing happened. The boys proactively suggested a place to go! Just before we left in August they inquired if we were going to Berlin. […]