Tag: Europe
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Exploring the beaches of San Sebastián, Spain
We awoke on an overcast April morning to begin our first full day in San Sebastián. Our plan was to take a walk around town and explore the beautiful beaches. Heading toward Old Town, our first stop before our beach exploration was breakfast at Churreria Santa Lucía, where I enjoyed my first of many churros…
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Pintxos and Old Town in San Sebastián, Spain
Please excuse the abrupt pause in my trip recaps; it’s been a busy several months at home! Picking up from where I last left off… Following a whirlwind three days in Barcelona, we headed toward our next destination: San Sebastián. Also named Donostia, San Sebastián is a resort town located in the Basque region of…
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Park Guell and Mount Tibidabo, Barcelona
We spent much of our final day in Barcelona at elevation. We started our morning with a trip to Park Guell, which I had also visited once before on my prior trip to Spain, but this is such an iconic site in the city that I wanted Mr. Chuckles to see it as well. I…
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Tapas and Picasso in Barcelona, Spain
Feeling better rested after an early night in, we started our second day in Barcelona with a morning food tour. I had found a company called Devour which offers food tours in various cities around Europe, and booked us in for their Tastes & Traditions of Barcelona tour. We met our guide at Santa Caterina…
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Landing in Barcelona: Gothic Quarter, Casa Batllo, Sagrada Familia
We departed from Toronto on an overnight flight with Air Canada toward Barcelona, where we would start our trip in Spain. Over the past few years, I’ve become increasingly intolerant of discomfort while travelling, so we opted to splurge on an upgrade to Premium Economy. Although we probably could’ve tolerated our economy seats, it was…
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Barcelona, San Sebastián, and Paris in two weeks
It has been a busy couple weeks since we returned from our spring vacation to Spain and France, so I’m just catching up on the blog now. In April, we spent a lovely two weeks touring through Barcelona, San Sebastián, and Paris, capped off with a one day pass through London. As I was travelling…
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European spring holiday: Spain, France, England
Wow — long time no blog, folks! I haven’t been around on WordPress since December 2022 but I’m back now with a travel update. For our spring vacation, Mr. Chuckles and I will be heading off to Europe. More specifically, we are spending a couple weeks in Barcelona, San Sebastián, Paris, and London! I will…
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2022: A year of food highlights
Seasons greetings! As we approach the end of 2022, it’s time to look back on all that has happened in the past 365 days. This year welcomed a return to normalcy, with pandemic restrictions lifted allowing us to resume travel. Although we don’t dine out as often as we used to, we nonetheless experienced several…
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Everything we ate in London, England
I hadn’t previously considered London as a foodie city, but we were delighted by several good eats during our visit back in September. We haven’t confirmed the dates of our return trip in spring 2023, although I’ve been reminiscing on everywhere we ate and already know that we will definitely go back to a few…
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Thinking about travel for 2023
As we approach the tail end of 2022, I am already thinking about travel plans for next year. We were able to go on two trips this year, out west to British Columbia in the summer and then to the United Kingdom and Iceland in the fall. In my original plans, I had considered a…
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