Tag: tours
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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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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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On this day: Alcatraz Island, San Francisco
See more from my On This Day series here, where I celebrate travel memories on their trip anniversaries. On October 20, 2019, I was at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, USA. Following a day exploring Chinatown and Mission District, we started our second tour day in San Francisco on a visit to Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz is a…
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Departing Iceland from the Blue Lagoon
I‘ve probably written the words amazing and incredible a million times by now, but our trip to Iceland really was awesome. After our tours through the Golden Circle and south coast, it was time to wrap up our visit to this magnificent country and head back home to Canada, which felt like another planet away.…
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South Shore Adventure in Iceland
Our sightseeing tour of Iceland had gotten off to a great start with our trip around the Golden Circle. On our second full day, we joined another tour with Arctic Adventures to see more of the south coast. Again, we had amazing views during the drive as we headed southeast out of Reykjavik. Iceland’s climate…
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Touring the Golden Circle & Secret Lagoon, Iceland
Following a disappointing Northern Lights tour with no aurora visible, we were keen to start our sightseeing tour of Iceland. We awoke early for our 8 am pick up by Your Days Tours (a subsidiary of Arctic Adventures) to embark on our small group minibus tour of the Golden Circle. The Golden Circle is Iceland’s…
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Landing in Reykjavik, Iceland
It was sad to leave London after an eventful week, but I was excited to make our way to Iceland for the adventure portion of our trip. I have had Iceland on my travel wish list for years and was finally getting my chance to visit the incredible Land of Fire and Ice. We departed…
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Day trip to the Cotswolds & Oxford from London
After a whirlwind start in London, we ventured out of the city for a day in the English countryside. I had read about the Cotswolds during my travel research and was keen to see this historic area. We found a well reviewed tour company called Rabbie’s and headed out in the morning to Victoria Station…
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A historic time in London (plus an epic stopover in Iceland)
On Thursday September 8th 2022, Buckingham Palace announced via BBC that Queen Elizabeth II had passed away at the age of 96, ending a reign of 70 years and 214 days — the longest of any British monarch. As fate would have it, this announcement preceded our departure to London by about 24 hours, so…
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Planning a stopover in Iceland
Now that I have a pretty extensive itinerary planned for our visit to London, I am focusing on the Iceland portion of our trip in September. We booked our flights with Icelandair through their Stopover in Iceland program which offers a stopover flight to Iceland at no additional fare. Following six days in London, we…
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