Category Archives: trips

1. BARCELONA: Art Surprise!

While uploading pictures I notice a bit of a pattern… we went to London 2 years in a row (2015, 2016) and Barcelona next 2 years (2016, 2017)… and while it happened more by chance than by design… though our … Continue reading

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0. OAK-BCN: Flight & Movies

If there is one day I really don’t like travelling is Tuesday 13… and Friday 13 for that matter… so when our day started with bad news, sort of expected in a way, but that didn’t make it any better… … Continue reading

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TRIP: 2017.06-07.Spain-RO

Ready for summer travel! Here’s a tentative itinerary with many old favorites, new things to try, a lot to discover, some places that will stay on the wish list for the next travels and room for surprises… ¡buen viaje! 0. … Continue reading

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FRANCE: Collioure

Once upon pandemic time… looking back to the medieval travel memories… realizing that these citineraries were cut short… as was Ceret… on the way to Collioure… the birthplace of fauvisme… this was the source for our travel inspiration! It all … Continue reading

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TRIP: 2016.06-07.LON.HU.RO.BCN.UK

Time to travel back in time, here’s the (mostly) medieval tentative itinerary with booked flight and train tickets, hotels, apartments and … castles! Wed, 06/15: SFO – LON VS020: SFO | 17:40 – LHR | 12:05 Thu, 06/16: LON LHR … Continue reading

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DESTINATION: Asilomar Anniversary

Short, anniversary weekend at Asilomar State Beach. Finally 🙂 We had booked rooms at Best Western Inn & Suites and Rosedale Inn, both nice in their own way, but fell in love with Asilomar!

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DAY TRIP: Salinas – Carmel

A short stop in Salinas revealed a few more or less known, nevertheless interesting, destinations for which we’ll come back on a longer visit: Hat in Three Stages of Landing National Steinbeck Center More on the travel list: John Steinbeck … Continue reading

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LON: Albertopolis

South Kensington – Chelsea is a special neighborhood for us. We’ve stayed here on the previous trip because of the proximity to Hyde Park and museums. This time we’ve learned more about the history of Exhibition Road and the area … Continue reading

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LON: No-Jetlag Day!

First day in the first city of our itinerary is the timezone switch. That means be curious, discover, explore, play, walk… everything but sleep! Here we go from Heathrow to Nell Gwynn House by tube, that’s easy with two (not … Continue reading

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CITINERARY 2015: SFO – LON

Day 0, flying from San Francisco to London! As adults we lost the excitement of a long flight, it’s good to see kids enthusiastic about it. SFO is also a nice, family-friendly airport, with its own museum where we catch … Continue reading

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