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Travel Journals

Highlights from our favorite trips

Travel Journals

Highlights from our favorite trips

Travel Journals

Highlights from our favorite trips

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Highlights from our favorite trips

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Feb 27, 2023 Avatar Dan Ilves Dan Ilves

Where To Go!

For the leisure traveler, the world is your oyster right now.  Since the world reopened following the height of the pandemic, most destinations are eager to see tourists and there are many new hotels, ships and experiences. Here’s a few trips on our radar.

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Feb 01, 2023 Avatar Hilton Smith Hilton Smith

Puglia and Rome, More than Just 2-Euro Gelato

My first experience in Italy’s Puglia Region and my return to Rome were full of surprises.  This was a stellar combination in revisiting Italy in the off season.

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Jan 09, 2023 Avatar Hilton Smith Hilton Smith

Holiday Energy and Celebration in Europe

Traveling in Europe over the holidays offers excitement and a special energy and flavor that I love.  This December seemed even more jovial and intense.  

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Nov 03, 2022 Avatar Hilton Smith Hilton Smith

France: Some New Discoveries

My two-week France excursion in September was with old and new...

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Nanci Browning
Oct 05, 2022 Avatar Nanci Browning Nanci Browning

Silversea SALT

Our sailing featured Nordic cuisine in all things “S.A.L.T.” from the SALT Kitchen to the SALT Lab, SALT Bar, and SALT excursions. The SALT concept is genius – incorporating the 6-star service of Silversea with local, fresh ingredients.

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Aug 13, 2022 Avatar Dan Ilves Dan Ilves

Cruising Iceland Aboard Windstar

Our 7-day itinerary departed the old harbor in Reykjavik, circumventing beautiful Iceland counter-clockwise. The all-suite Windstar Pride, just recently refurbished and stretched, offered a very comfortable enclave at sea during our journey.

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Aug 13, 2022 Avatar Dan Ilves Dan Ilves

Iceland Retreat

When you visit Paris for the first time, the Eiffel Tower is de rigeur, in Bilbao it’s the Guggenheim, and in London it might be Big Ben. In Iceland it’s The Blue Lagoon.

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© Dan Ilves
Apr 13, 2022 Avatar Dan Ilves Dan Ilves

Discovering Slovenia — Europe’s Secret Gem

On a recent trip to northern Italy, I added several days to visit neighboring Slovenia. I was very much looking...

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