One of the highlights of Barcelona is the incredible Sagrada Familia designed by Antoni Gaudi. Construction of this huge church began in 1882 and it's estimated that it will be completed in 2026; the hundredth anniversary of Gaudi's death. [caption id="attachment_3312" align="aligncenter" width="720"] The Nativity Facade...
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[caption id="attachment_3303" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Montserrat seems clouded in mystery![/caption] For almost a thousand years believers have made pilgrimages to see the Black Madonna of Montserrat. For most of those years the pilgrimage involved days, weeks or even months of walking up into the serrated mountains about...
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[caption id="attachment_3271" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Welcome to Featherdale![/caption] One of the highlights of a day trip we took while in Sydney was a visit to Featherdale Wildlife Park. This is a relatively small zoo, close to Sydney and dedicated to exhibits of Australian animals...
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In our travels we have visited many haunted places, but for some reason we've overlooked one of the most haunted cities in the Midwest: our home city of Decatur, Illinois. There's a lot of information in old newspapers and local legends about Decatur's ghosts and...
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We were on a day trip out of Austin, Texas and we had visited some wineries, spotted some longhorns and ended in Gillespie County near Fredericksburg, Texas. We still had several hours before "bat time" in Austin so we decided that it would be fun...
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It was 7:30 AM on our fourth day in Sydney and we were outside the Four Seasons Hotel near the Sydney Harbour. We were here to be picked up for all-day excursion of fun. At precisely 8:00 our van for the day rolled up and...
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[caption id="attachment_3121" align="aligncenter" width="891"] Mona is packed and ready to board on her "frugal" cruise![/caption] We love to cruise and since we’ve retired we cruise a lot; having cruised over 66 days since January 2012. We pride ourselves in being frugal cruisers and many of our...
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This is a guest post written by Mona. Her first post was on organizing clothes and how to pack. This post is how to organize travel plans and documents. I'm not saying she's OCD but she's certainly organized! [caption id="attachment_3124" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Here's just a...
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[caption id="attachment_3113" align="aligncenter" width="790"] Our first Aussie kangaroo. This stuffed guy is in the Sydney Visitor Center and we can't wait to see wild ones![/caption] One of the primary objectives of our visit to Australia was to see kangaroos in the wild. However, it didn't look...
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Recently, we spent a week in Sydney, Australia. Of course, we did a lot of reading about Sydney and Australia, but we really didn't know what to expect. Our visit began with a late-night arrival at the airport and then a taxi ride to our...
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