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| cruise route |
Springtime in Europe? Sure, sign me up! 2 of the most
appealing bits to this is that spring should mean cooler temperatures and fewer
people. Well…maybe not. I’ve been monitoring temps for the last while and found
historical temps when we booked the trip – historical temps say it should be
highs hovering around 20º - ha! The forecast for the next 2 weeks has highs as
high as 35º - OMG! That’s not every day, everywhere…but – OMG! As everyone knows,
I am NOT a lover of heat…Chris in the other hand...
Spending time in Europe in spring will be new
for us. Before I stopped working full-time it was summer or nothing…another
perk of retirement.
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| cruise itinerary |
Tomorrow evening, we board an overnight flight
to Barcelona followed by a shortie flight to Lisbon for a 24-day European
adventure. We will be 2 days in Lisbon on our own. Then we will be on the
Windstar Legend for 15 days along the Atlantic coast to Rouen, France. From
there we will fly from Paris to
Barcelona and finish with a few days on our own
in Sitges, Spain before heading home.
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| this is what it was SUPPOSED to be like |
This trip we are taking only carry-on luggage.
We’ve realized that if we have access to laundry facilities (and really, who
has 24 pairs of underwear anyway??) we need very little. Toiletries are always
tricky, but for 3 weeks less than 100ml of everything is perfectly doable.
Carry-on only makes us be disciplined with what we bring – no fancy clothes or shoes
but sacrificing that for the freedom that comes with no large luggage is
fantastic.
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Our itinerary will take us to some places we’ve
been to and some that will be new for us. I’m looking forward to more pastel de
nata in Lisbon and oysters in Bordeaux. I’ve always wanted to visit the
Guggenheim museum in Bilbao and this time it looks like I will. Other
look-forwards-to for me are sitting in a pub in Guernsey and shopping for dish
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Again, a really big looking-forward-to is being
in Europe when it isn’t as hot as the face of the sun and packed with people –
time will tell.
Ps…this is the 20th anniversary of
the BLOG! I know, I know…I should find a better, newer platform. Or should I?
March 23, 2026, was the first ever post and on May 10, 2006, we were in Lisbon!
I’m thrilled to have as many of you along with
us!
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