Category: Travel
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A Day With Imene and KAL
My time in NYC last week was fantastic. I saw three Broadway shows, ate till my hearts content, walked in central park, was surrounded by more books than one could imagine, and I got to meet a very special friend. Imene and I have been blogging friends for a couple of years now. We share…
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DWTS in NYC
Unlike the day before, the weather was fresh with a slight warm breeze. Skies were blue and clear and I was headed to Times Square in New York City. What is that woman looking at? In fact, what is everyone looking at? That's when I received a sign, and became part of a morning block…
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To The Tower
Happy Valentine's Day from the city of love, Paris. "And the cathedral was not only company for him, it was the universe; nay, more, it was nature itself. He never dreamed that there were other hedgerows than the stained glass windows in perpetual bloom. Other shade than that of the stone foilage always budding, loaded…
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Our Lady
I'm just taking a short walk down the St. Miche and then over to one of the most famous sites of Paris. As I promised yesterday, today we're following in the steps of Victor Hugo, famed writer of the "Hunchback of Notre Dame". Have you guessed where I'm going yet? Yep ….you're right. Notre Dame de…
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Temple of Storytellers and Thinkers
Have you ever passed something a thousand times and never even thought of entering to see what's inside? The Pantheon is such a building for me. The art of passing such an edifice was an integral part of my Paris routine. It was only during this visit as I was walking to the market that…
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Paris:: The Best Things in Life Never Change
As the metro stop "Luxembourg" approached, I felt this little momentary need to scream. As in exhilarating moment of excited inner bliss sort of screaming. Here I was in Paris, almost ready to get off in the "neighborhood", almost ready to get off and say hello to a glimmer of my life that I had loved so…
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A Last Look at Wales
After the coldness of the last couple days, this morning felt down right balmy. You know what that means,……it's time to walk the dog. I would have taken any occasion to walk through this lovely countryside. For a bit I was worried that I wouldn't even get to see Wales because of the fog,…
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Junk shop/Vintage in Wales
Bryn-Y-Grog is the local "junk" shop. Uh, I don't know about you but a junk shop that starts out looking like this might need to go by another name. This fine shop is not housed in the manor but in the outbuilding just next door. From the minute you enter the shop one…
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Where are you ? How do you say that?
I think I had a preconceived idea that I was going to the UK, therefore the language at hand would be English. Except for the differences between American English and British English, there should be no problem. All that changes when you go to Wales. Though English is spoken everywhere and I had zero problems…
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I Wore the Gauntlet
The instructions were simple really……. Love and take care of the dog. Keep the home fires burning. "All you have to do is keep adding wood to the fire but not too much wood or the smoke stack will catch fire. If you think you have the fire going too well just shut the doors…
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