Days 70 and 71 (Dan’s comments are italicized) On our last day with Jane in Plymouth, we managed to leave the rain behind for a bit when we visited Dartmouth. What a beautiful village!! If the UK had the weather, it would rival almost anywhere in continental Europe. Because Dartmouth is another old town, many…

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Days 68 and 69 (Dan’s comments are italicized) In the UK, you don’t wait for a warm day to go to the beach (as you could be waiting for months); you go when you have time! We went to a beautiful, local sandy beach. Although it threatened rain, it didn’t actually do so until we…

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Days 66 and 67 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) Rain is in the forecast for all six days of our visit in Plymouth. Rain is not a deterrent, but it may delay us some. However, that is not the reason that we were late to the first ferry of our day, we were just slow. But…

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Days 63, 64, and 65 (Dan’s comments are italicized) Our last day in Bruges was lovely. We got some great photos both by day and night, had Belgian waffles 😋, found a beautiful park, and relaxed. And the sun DID come out for a short time! I wanted to see Bruges at night so we…

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Days 61 and 62 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) After all the travel excitement of the last couple of weeks, it was nice to have a completely normal trip to Bruges. Well, everything was normal until we hopped on the bus that our hostess told us to grab to get to the place. The public buses…

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Days 59 and 60 (Dan’s comments are italicized) At the end of the last episode, Rhia and Dan were in Zagreb, Croatia, and had just found out that there was a problem with their direct train to Frankfurt. But our intrepid travelers had rolled with the punches and found a bus to Savski Marof, Slovenia…

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Days 57 and 58 (Dan’s comments are italicized) I try very hard not to complain as I realize how fortunate we are to be doing this fantastic trip. So, no complaints here…just a report. The distance between Split and Zagreb is 210 km. The train was supposed to leave at 8:15 am but was half…

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Days 55 and 56 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) Visiting the Old Town of Split in the early morning made a huge difference in our experience. Not hot, not crowded, and not open 😂 While we waited for the Cathedral, Palace, and Temple to open, we spent our time just looking at the beauty of the…

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Days 53 and 54 (Rhia’s comments are italicized) We returned to old town early the next morning to walk the perimeter of the city on the wall. Thank goodness we got there early as we beat both the crowds and the heat! And I was able to get some photos devoid of the crowds! We…

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Days 51 and 52 (Dan’s comments are italicized) Oh what a day. Today we say goodbye to Albania; it’s a fantastic place though the transportation is somewhat lacking! As soon as we got to the bus station for our 10 hour trip to Dubrovnik, we were told that the bus for the last leg of…

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