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Speaking of Big boy, he’s in Japan! One of our favourite restaurants received a historical restaurant grant. It’s Teshima’s on the Big Island of Hawaii, been there since 1957 with earlier beginnings. My fave there is Okayodon or Katsudon, today’s meal but with chicken or pork. SO good!

Good day, late today! Car is in getting new tires, brakes, windshield. We’ve enjoyed visiting Villa Oplontis near Pompeii, was Nero’s wife’s villa complete with huge pool. @marshhawk I can help with Vancouver, our son lived there for several years and we’ve stayed in a lot of hotels, Pick one near the sky train, and then it’s easy to get around, it’s a pricey city but so beautiful!

Good morning and thanks all! Love daffodils! @Vict0riannHappy birthday @HAL Sailer sending prayers for a good recovery for your DS @summer slopeyum that drink sounds great., @kazu nice to see the dogs in your home giggling at all the dogs on couches! @aliaschief I think the park is Vigeland park we loved the one of the crying baby, the sculptor apparently literally took candy away!

Good morning and thanks all! The drink recipes sound good and we’ve enjoyed Montepulciano wines. This one is from Tuscany not Abruzzo. Have been to Cartagena, Colombia only. @superoma happy birthday to your DH @grapau27 happy anniversary @ger_77glad you’re starting to recover @Quartzsite Cruiser sorry to hear of your reaction but I think it’s pretty typical, I had no reaction to the old type, but the new one kicked me hard both times and this was precovid. But I will gladly take that to avoid nasty shingles which everyone but me has had in our family. @StLouisCruisersglad you have a diagnosis, this is what I had and it did clear up, ice, elevation are your friends. Some photos of Montepulciano in Tuscany where todays wine is grown.

Late to the daily. @dfish yum on the poblanos , I too love chile rellenos @ger_77 so sorry for the loss of your friend, hope you feel better soon! @kazu sending healing thoughts! @smitty34877 wow, impressed THAT you learned to drive in Boston and drive in “THE CITY”. I remember all the dinted cars, Filene’s basement and Salem. Have friends who drive in Manhattan, impressed our DS. not spumoni, but a beautiful ice cream cake, they had interesting flavours like Ube, Avocado, Durian and Jackfruit

We went to a beach by taxi, and it was difficult to get a taxi back in early October. Suggest you make arrangements before hand if you’re off season and go in the morning to be on the safe side.

Good morning and thanks all! Lovely photos of Nassau! DH loves soba noodles so the recipes are being saved! @HAL Sailer sending prayers for your family, very scary, hoping they are able to treat this nasty cancer. loving the shared wisdom, the mosquitoes and stings not so much!

Good morning, thanks all. Enjoying the photos of Rijeka, we’ve visited several places in Croatia but we haven’t been there. @smitty34877 dinner sounds wonderful! @kazu wonderful news!

Good morning! Sending prayers for speedy recovery for those with Covid. I had a nasty wasp sting , so the Benadryl is making me sleepy. @Cruising-along so glad your family is safe! We had Reports of people doing this early in the pandemic to out of towners! Yikes, Many years ago I was driving our truck and camper and had a blow out of a front tire, extremely scary. @marshhawklove your story and @RedneckBob yours too!

Good morning and thanks all! @kazu I am just so sorry, this has been so mishandled by everyone but you! You have put your heart and soul into helping little shadow! I’m glad you didn’t break anything, although sprains can be as painful if not more so! Please look after yourself!

Yes, photo from the port. Last time we booked a private tour and visited the exquisite towns of Ortygia and Noto along with a tasting of Nero d Avila

With luggage book a car transfer. We’ve had great experiences with Rome cabs.

We had a fabulous trip overnight to Meteora and Delphi booked with .Athens Taxi tours Michael Sterianos. We highly recommend his company for professional reasonable service, extremely accommodating provided a great driver.

Good morning and thanks all! @aliaschief loved Eidfjord! Enjoy! we strayed a little further afield when we visited Koper, to beautiful Piran

@StLouisCruisers. Great photos of my favourite city! Hopefully you’ll go again, we’ve been many times, but I’m not ready to stop yet. So true how long it takes to read when you’re late to the party. Being in western Canada I really appreciate those who combine their posts as it makes it much easier to read. I always think about @erewhon who comes at the very end of the day, and how unwieldy it can become, so a special thanks to all those who make the extra effort.

I agree with the advice. Las Ramblas is worth a miss, see La sagrada familia, and other of Gaudi’s works, find a nice tapas restaurant in the L’eixample area.

Some of the magic

Good morning and thanks all, Lots of respect for the Navajo code talkers. Sorry to hear you’re unwell @ger_77, wishing you and DH a speedy recovery. Venice is one of my favourite cities. So magical, we’ve been fortunate to visit many times, last stay an apartment. We’ve visited the Biennale twice, highly recommended as many of the palazzos are open to visit then With exhibits. Some of the art

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(((((((((((((Jacqui)))))))))))) 🙏

Good morning and thanks all! Glad to hear there’s help for Tana. I’m enjoying the photos of Copenhagen, we’ve visited three times pre digital. We enjoyed our hotel in Nyhaven along the canal in an old warehouse. We had such amazing experiences with the wonderful Danes. Particularly on our first arrival when by accident we ended up in the countryside at a Royal location when we missed our train stop. @Seasick Sailor lol, my dear grandmother was left handed and tried to teach me to Crochet, you must be a much better student 🤷‍♀️😂

Happy birthday Rich! so devastating for dear Jacqui. I have no words. a sad day here too, DSIL lost his mom last night.

Absolutely! Don’t wait they go really quickly! We only had this offer once and I jumped on it, was wonderful, all the extra space and we scored an aft wrap with a huge balcony. Free laundry, the Neptune lounge, tender priority, breakfast at the pinnacle, concierge…. You only live once and there’s no way I would pay full price. I’ve paid close to that to upgrade to just a signature so it’s a great deal IMO.

We’ve flown BA, easy jet and Ryanair intra Europe. The absolute worst was Ryanair, not even a seat pocket, they handed out and collected the safety cards, I’m 5’ 5” an I had to sit with my knees sideways, it was in no way a 30 inch pitch, this flight was about six years ago. So hopefully things are different. I would only ever fly Ryanair in Their premium, Easy jet was preferable, and BA much superior to either. I resent paying even for water on the others.

Good morning and thanks all! Missing our dear Jacqui’s posts. Sorry to hear about more Covid, sending prayers for a quick recovery Tana and Geri’s son. Loving the photos! We visited Fortress Louisbourg when our children were little, our son who was about seven was accosted by a guard for being a British spy, as he was wearing a redcoat, I told him he could take it off, but he had a red shirt underneath 😂 love Margarita pizza particularly in Naples