Nancy
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Note 34 – Portugal Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Unlike our Iceland, Greenland, Canada cruise (Note 5 through Note 25), where I blogged almost every day, I’m writing about our Portugal trip after our return. It will probably be a few days between posts as I process all of our pictures. We substituted this trip for our cancelled trip to Israel and used the…
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Note 33 – April 2024 Books
Total Books: 6 Total Pages: 1693 Longest: 378 Shortest: 193 Genres: 5 (Biography – 1, Historical Fiction – 1, Mystery – 2, Travel – 1, Thriller – 1) Last month I read Cynthia Ellingsen’s The Lost Letters of Aisling and really enjoyed it, so I downloaded another by her to start off April. A Play…
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Note 32 – Portugal Prep
Expected weather: Hi 72F / Low 49F (historic average ranges for Porto and Lisbon during this time) We are about to leave for Portugal. I gave a high-level overview of what we were thinking back in Note 28, but here is what we have now planned. Day 1 – Lisbon to Porto We should arrive…
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Note 31 – March 2024 Books
March Madness! How’s everyone’s brackets going into Final Four weekend? I’m sure everyone had the men’s and women’s teams for both UConn and NC State in their Final Four brackets, right!? LOL! Should be fun all around this weekend. I did end up reading more than I expected between all the games, and here’s the final…
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Note 30 – February 2024 Books
It’s past time to recap my February reading progress. Total Books: 3 Total Pages: 1057 Longest: 552 Shortest: 234 Genres: 3 (Biography – 1, Fiction – 1, Mystery – 1) The short month and other commitments cut my reading time quite a bit this month. Or it may also have been the subject matter of…
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Note 29 – January 2024 Books
Late last year, I discussed my life-long love of reading and the past decade or so of my favorites in Note 26. In early January, I covered my 2023 year in books in Note 27. That was quite an undertaking and I decided that this year I will break it down into smaller pieces and…
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