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SANTORINI, GREECE — Last stop for a milestone birthday

Teri B.

October 15, 2018

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Thank you to the Greek weather Gods for allowing us to arrive in Santorini to glorious sunshine. Beautiful blue skies against the white abodes literally built into steep hillsides provide gorgeous contrasts. Our last resort for this trip was in the town of Oia (pronounced “e-a”), about 40 minutes from the ferry in Fira. Naturally […]

GREECE FOR A MILESTONE BIRTHDAY – Part 2 Mykonos

Teri B.

October 3, 2018

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It takes a grand total of 20 minutes in the air to fly from Athens (visit in previous post) to Mykonos. Other modes of arrival are by cruise ship or ferry from a neighboring island (most likely Santorini, our next stop) or via one’s yacht (sigh). But flying was the least amount of total time required […]

GREECE FOR A MILESTONE BIRTHDAY – Part 1 Athens

Teri B.

September 26, 2018

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All it took for a first-ever visit to Greece was the hubby’s impending milestone birthday. You have no idea how difficult it is to travel anywhere near the actual date of October 7th. Between the Jewish holiday calendar, tax deadlines (Sept 15 and Oct 15) and, of course, the MLB postseason, scheduling is such a […]

SOUTHEAST ASIA LUXURY HOTELS

Teri B.

July 25, 2018

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International Travel, Things You Should Know

In the course of mapping out our Spring 2019 trip to Southeast Asia, I have been shopping hotels. I like to start at the top of the heap and see if I can make 5-star hotels work within our somewhat-set budget. Rather, what can I get at these desirable venues and not have the hubby […]

EASTERN EUROPE & RUSSIA, Part 6 — TURN OF EVENTS LEADS TO PARIS!

Teri B.

June 9, 2018

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If you’ve been following along on this journey (Helsinki/Tallinn/Riga/Klaipeda/Vilnius), then you know we had Russian Visa issues prior to leaving the US. After the earlier-than-planned exit from Russia and with time left before our scheduled departure back home, the question then became: Where should we go for the remainder of the trip? You now know […]

TO VISA OR NOT TO VISA??

Teri B.

June 1, 2018

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International Travel, Snippets from the Road, Things You Should Know

When checking Visa requirements for your destination, be sure to read the fine print! Recently found out the hard way that, in some cases, the destination of your onward travel might impact whether or not a Visa is granted for your destination. Granted this is a remote case, but who knew? Not available in this […]

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