Travel
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Note 49 – Seeing Toronto from the HOHO Bus
Following our long day to Niagara Falls, we decided on an easier sightseeing day in Toronto. We elected to do the Hop-on Hop-off (HOHO) bus to get an overview of Toronto’s various districts and use it as our transportation to Casa Loma (Toronto’s castle-like mansion) and back. So, I went online and pre-purchased our tickets…
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Note 48 – Independence Day at Niagara Falls
For the Fourth of July, we took a small group tour with a 7am pickup from our hotel to Niagara Falls that I found via Viator. The company, Trip Shepherd, runs a lot of tours in/to Niagara Falls (as well as many other cities in the US and Canada), all with good reviews. We saw…
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Note 47 – Ontario, Canada for our 20th Anniversary
For our 20th anniversary, Dave wanted to go somewhere with lower temperatures than Texas – I readily agreed of course! We settled on Toronto for several reasons, among them – Dave had never been there, I was here once – 44 years ago, our honeymoon 20 years ago was to Canada, it’s a non-stop flight…
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Note 44 – Reviewing Our Travel Experiences in Portugal
Sadly, our time in Portugal came to an end. We used Welcome Pickups (they operate in many cities world-wide we learned) again for our transportation to the airport and were pleased with their service. Communication with the driver was easy through their app as our original driver was caught in traffic, so he sent another…
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Note 43 – Lisbon Day-Trip: Discovering the Magical UNESCO Heritage Site of Sintra and Coastal Delights
For our last full day in Lisbon, we decided to go out of town on a day-trip with our Tours By Locals guide Carla to the mountains and palaces of Sintra, the westernmost point in continental Europe, and the seaside town of Cascais. She picked us up at 8am at our apartment as we had…
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Note 42 – Discovering Lisbon’s Belém District
It is Sunday, May 5th, on our trip, and most of the museums and attractions in Lisbon are closed – except those in the Belém district to our west along the Tagus River. As we had researched this in advance, our itinerary for Lisbon activities was created around this fact. We also decided that Belém…
Notes By Nancy 