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Short notes, opinions, reviews and recommendations — published as they come to mind.

Rome. Sort Of.
Memory

Today we are near Rome, about an hour and a half from the city at the port city, Civitavecchia. Since we have already visited Rome, we decided on a relaxed day on ship with a three hour spa visit. The spa includes cold p...

Travel · Civitavecchia, Italy
Monaco
Memory

Ok. Monaco is money. I could people watch all day. Not only is it beautiful but every other car is a Bentley or Rolls. We walked around the Royal Casino entrance (it wasn’t open yet when we went in) and we walked around...

Travel · Monte Carlo, Monaco
The Yacht
Memory

This is the insane Yacht - the Kismet. Owned by a billionaire. He owns some sports teams and the Four Seasons Toronto. Home connection!

Travel · Nice
Nice And Monaco
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Today is our day in Nice and I was really looking forward to it because we had a tour to Monte Carlo in Monaco. My god. It’s so nice here. I’ll start with Nice. Right away I thought it would be such a cute place to get...

Travel · Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
City Tour Of Marseille
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France! But said like a pageant girl. We took a city tour on a Hop on Hop off bus which gave us a great tour of the city. We had been here many years ago but we did a tour to the country so I never got a real taste of M...

Travel · Marseille, France
Memory

Why did I take that croissant at breakfast on board? I’m in France.

Dining · France
Pink Agave
Memory

Wrapping up the day at the Mexican place, Pink Agave. We weren’t hungry until we were hungry and ordered all these dishes but our mains that we didn’t photograph. My steak did not photo well in the dimly lit restaurant...

Dining · Valiant Lady
Sail Away Party.
Memory

Resident drag queen… the one on the right if you weren’t sure.

Travel · Valiant Lady
Settling In Nicely.
Memory

We enjoy the back of the ship. Big loungers and small appy’s. You just raise the little flag on the standee and a server will magically show up. We got these drinks for free. Wrong order and the sweet server offered the...

Travel · Valiant Lady
Memory

This is where you will find me all week, in our hammock. This is a busy cruise, we only have one sea day but when in Rome, we will not be heading to Rome, so we get another rest day. We are opting to stay on the ship and...

Travel
Oh Mother
Memory

A cute little place for breakfast this morning near our hotel called Oh Mommy (Barcelona). I had an egg skillet with Iberian ham and potatoes. Cinnamon roll for breakfast dessert. Brad had the French Toast.

Dining · Barcelona
Sagrada Família At Sunset
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First time visiting Sagrada Família at night which was lovely to see it lit up. I was able to take the time lapse above because I sat myself down in front of McDonald’s and it took 30 minutes for Brad to get his cone… it...

Travel · Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain
Parking Pizza
Memory

I visited this restaurant two years ago with Christine and decided to come back again for some damn tasty pizza. It’s called parking pizza because they took parking garages and converted them into restaurants.

Dining · Sant Gervasi, Barcelona · ★★★★★