RV and other travels around the World
We wrapped up another great winter season by early April and began the journey back up north. This part three of the winter recap will complete the summary of the major events and activities. We are very fortunate to spend the winter in a mostly warm location and without many of the usual homeowner’s chores! Plenty of spare time…
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Pat and I really enjoy our winters in Florida. It is like 3-4 months in a tropical paradise with very few daily chores to do. Like being on vacation! Well, when you are in this mode for a few months it becomes time for something different. What to do when getting bored with paradise? Book a cruise, of course! Off we go for a 5-day cruise out of Tampa!
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I had planned to continue writing about our winter in Florida, but have a new real time event that I wanted to share. I enjoy many of the local Virginia hiking opportunities either on the Appalachian Trail (AT) or any of the hundred other mountain wilderness trails. My idea of a good hike is three-four hours on the trail followed immediately by a good restaurant meal somewhere, then back home to shower and rest. We are blessed in this area to have a plethora of hikes available! This week, I joined an AT Through Hiker for a few hikes, including one that was very challenging!
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Have you ever wondered what the heck these retired snowbirds do when they go to Florida for the winter? Well, in the next 2-3 posts I’ll try to capture some of the flavor of our relaxed but busy pace. These blogs will summarize our time in the south and bring this blog back up to date.
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In this post we have returned back to our home in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains from our fall trip to Europe. We have so many things planned in the next three weeks including a family get together at Christmas. This will be our first Christmas at our home in eight years. Since before I retired and we sold the prior house, bought an RV, and took to the road. Let’s see what we accomplished in three weeks!
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In this blog update, we arrive back to the US from our 11-day transatlantic cruise. The cruise port of Canaveral is next to the area that we have spent much time over the past 30 years. My parents bought a house here after retiring from Up North. It felt like we were really coming back home after being gone almost two months, even though we have one more travel segment to get back to our actual home in Virginia. That flight will be in a few days, but first we wanted to do a few things here…
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In this post, we continue with the two-month vacation as we are nearing the end. Previously, I covered the beginning of the cruise from Barcelona to Port Canaveral Florida and the one stop at Funchal. Now, we will ponder what exactly to expect on the remaining cruise as we leave land near Portugal and cross the Atlantic Ocean.
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This update will continue with our two-month trip to Europe and the cruise back to Florida. In the last post, we moved out of our Barcelona apartment and moved onto the cruise ship ultimately bound for the USA. This is by far the longest that we have ever been out of the country. It will be good to get back home to see family during the Christmas holiday. Why take a cruise back home instead of fly?
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Our eight days here are over and we are excited about the next phase of our bucket list trip. We left home on October 16 for our 31 days in Florence Italy with a few side trips. From there we flew to Barcelona to explore this historic Spanish coastal city. Now it is time for our travel back to the USA on a transatlantic cruise. We have heard great things about these long cruises, but still a little concerned about life on the wide open Atlantic!
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Our last full day before the cruise was very interesting. We saw the Barcelona Cathedral that is one of the must-see tourist places and we took in a live authentic Flamenco Show at a small venue. I did not know what to expect with the Flamenco show and was a bit nervous as we arrived, as they guided us down into a dark basement!
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