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Category: Travel

French Countryside Lunch — Scallops, Etc.

July 15, 2024 by Stuart

We have been in the French countryside (the two-story converted barn to the right) for over a week, and after a few visits to the grocery store, our European-sized refrigerator is getting full. And the freezer is also. So today I decided to inventory what we had, and then work on a little bit of…

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“Taste of Bordeaux” River Cruise — Food

July 7, 2024July 7, 2024 by Stuart

June 27 – July 4, 2024 #######FOOD Ask anyone what they love the most about cruising — whether on rivers or open oceans — and FOOD will be on that list. Great food, variety, and venues are all three present on the AmaDolce. I was able to try many different foods and wines (after all,…

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“Taste of Bordeaux” River Cruise – Intro

June 26, 2024July 7, 2024 by Stuart

June 27 – July 4, 2024 This has been planned for some time, and now it is time to get this amazing river cruise underway! This is my second river cruise on AmaWaterways (the first was on the Danube River from Bucharest into Lower Bavaria). I have been on over a dozen other river and…

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Pack Early — Yes or No?

February 23, 2024March 11, 2024 by Stuart

I definitely outsmarted myself on my current trip to Cabo San Lucas. It’s my 24th trip to the Los Cabos area at the absolute southernmost tip of the Baja California peninsula, and it’s a place that I know well and am quite comfortable visiting. I am here for three weeks this time; started years ago…

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2023 Summer Travel Outlook

June 5, 2023 by Stuart

Monday — June 5, 2023 Yesterday (Sunday), I was Doug Petcash’s guest on his weekly “Viewpoint” show on KTVB – Channel 7 here in Boise, Idaho. He invited me on the show to talk about the outlook for travel this summer. The attached video has been trimmed to only include my portion (the other 10…

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