SherriOct. 11: It’s chilly and raining outside, but it matters not. We are enjoying some late night tea in our room at the Lisbon Pousada. We started the day with breakfast at the pousada before embarking on a day of exploration of the Alfama district. From our research,
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SherriOct. 13: Dan and I are back from our final walk to Rossio and it’s after 1am. We started our day in an easy going fashion, because what the heck – we are on vacation after all. Blogging at a café and watching the world go by is a very European way of passing the time.
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SherriAug. 10: New York City is arguably the greatest place on earth. This assumes that you like cosmopolitan cities. And that you also are fond of outspoken and forthright people. And part of the reason why I am more than halfway willing to stand behind my statement that New York City is the greatest place on earth,
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SherriAug. 11: Even two days in NYC is not anywhere near enough. It’s a true statement even taking into account that I go there regularly so my accumulated NYC time is pretty substantial. Yet NYC, like Paris, is one of those places that people, including myself, keep going back to again and again and again.
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SherriWell, it’s our last night at the regal Captain Cook hotel. The Anchorage component of the Alaskan adventure is drawing to a close. It’s been fun, but as with travel and with life, we must be moving on. We started our day by hitting the Athletic Club to get some real exercise in.
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SherriI am sitting in an apartment in the Marais, a district in Paris which a long time ago used to be a swamp (the translation of the word “marais”). More recently it was the Jewish district and today is an eclectic mix of people in what is considered an artistic and gentrified part of the city.
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SherriToday is cooler, I can tell, simply by the open window in the kitchen and the cool air drifting in through it. Yesterday was a very full day and I hope I can recall all the details, before they blend together, like a nice creamy soup on a cool, autumn day.
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SherriNow I am on the train to Lyon – my days in Paris seemed to fly by. I am happy we set things up to have a dose of Paris at both the beginning and the end of the trip. There is never enough time to do Paris.
While I am focused on what’s ahead and am enjoying occasionally glancing out the window and seeing rolling hills,
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SherriArtelit is the awesome hotel where we are staying in Lyon and by European standards, it is very spacious. So I am sitting here in comfort, writing about yesterday, our first day in Lyon.
We woke up in Paris yesterday, our last morning in the Marias and it was dumping cats and dogs.
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SherriArtelit is a sweet place, and I am glad we found this gem. I smile whenever I turn around, or try to lay my head on something and knock into some piece of art.
We started the day with 20 minutes of yoga. It was difficult to do yoga in Paris,
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