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Joanna walked me to the train at 5 minutes to 6 in the morning as the sun was rising.  I took the train to the bus to the airport, hung out in Brussels for a couple of hours and then

“Are you vegetarian, or opposed to a two-hour afternoon hike to a country house restaurant in the middle of the woods?” Joanna asked.  Sunday was Kevin’s birthday.  Of course I wasn’t opposed! Our day turned out to be as fantastic

Friday Night Tapas Joanna and Kevin invited me to come stay with them for the weekend in Terrassa, about a 40 minute train ride from Barcelona.  I appreciatively followed the very detailed directions Joanna had sent me and wound my

I had heard about food tours, which seemed like a fantastic thing to do, but when I looked them up in Paris, they were way more expensive than I wanted to pay (about 200 euros).  Then in Barcelona, when I

On the train to Disneyland Paris there was a lady crying on the train.  Like hard crying.  I did that a lot in New York where there isn’t really any place to go when you need to cry.  Now I

I went back to parc Guell (I was reminded by the tour guide that double l’s are pronounced like a y) for my guided tour of the part of the park where it used to be free to visit but

When planning my time in Barcelona, I found something, booked it, and then found something else to do and booked that.  Now I wish I had made a list and looked at the big picture because it’s getting hard fitting

As my mom travels the world, strange unique places start to pop up on my bucket list that I never would have thought would be up my alley– like cruising through the Panama Canal (check, and everything I wanted it

I flew into Barcelona’s airport with instructions on my phone to get to the Air B&B that I had booked. I followed the signs toward what I thought was all public transportation, but turned out to be the metro.  I

It was my last day in Paris and I had almost forgotten French Onion soup!  All winter I was drawn to it, but passed looking forward to eating it here.  After doing some internet research I learned that the French