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Italy 2012 – Final Summary – Rules to Adopt and Follow

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This is a summary article about the rules and tradition that we discovered are very convenient and important to follow. Italian – Learn and use basic Italian words. Do not be a mute foreigner. At least spice up your inability to speak with a bright smile and Buon Giorno […]

03 August 16-17, 2010: Luzern – Bern – Fribourg

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Next morning Monday, August 16 rain continued, but for us it was time to move on. First we visited a local Migros Genossenschaft in Adliswil – their supermarket, where we had breakfast + lunch and loaded on food and water supplies for the road ahead. We felt like we were disturbing […]

03 Friday, May 26 – Remarkably Unremarkable Bunnell Notch Tr. to Mt. Cabot

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Rain all night, but I am dry in the tent. Raindrops from the trees still pounding on the tarp, but earplugs softening the noise. 05:55 Awake, but it is raining. Decided to continue to sleep Very slow morning – no reason to venture out while it is raining. 07:55 Wake […]

02 Thursday, May 25 – Drive, Search, Camp and Rain – Perfect!

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04:06 Wake up without an alarm – new record. Last record was 04:39 AM several years ago. 04:46 Depart from home. No breakfast, no bath. Just 4 operations: print latest weather forecast, attach bike to car, pickup plastic connectors and tubes for water filter, load tarps, extra blanket, hot […]

01 NH Trip May 2017 – Preparations for the trip to Bog Dam Road

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Create a vacation – What happens when you add 3 days to a long weekend? A mini-vacation happens! It is hard to escape a fast-passed project, but there are only 3 long weekends in American summer (Memorial, Independence and Labor days), so you must use them to the fullest. […]

02 August 14-15, 2010: Zurich

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Like everything else except eternity, this story has a beginning. On a hot summer morning on August 31, 2010 at 7:45 EST in a comfort of fresh air-conditioned air, I am beginning this story, this vacation journal that shows how far Europe and America have moved apart during last 200-300 […]

Sep 3 MON – From Rome back to Boston

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We took an early breakfast, and left the hotel at 08:24. I put another €23 worth of benzene into the car to top it off, and we returned the car to the airport at 08:57 with 11109 km on odometer. Here is a breakdown for days, kilometres, liters and Euros […]

Sep 2 SUN – Last day in Rome [… in progress …]

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[…in progress…] Today, Sunday September 2, I woke up at 7:30 and immediately drove 600 meters to a nearest gas station and put 35 liters of benzene for €70. Around 9:00 we had a good breakfast. I even ate a boiled egg and some bacon. Hotel staff recommended taking a […]

01 Preparation for the Swiss Trip in August 2010

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I started this post long before the trip to Europe. And finishing it now in the depth ob November. Do not linger here. Jump right to the first day in Zurich. Use links bellow to navigate directly to your favorite days and destinations. Just look at a phenomenal rainy weather in Zurich […]

07-20 SUN – Bordeaux – city with large squares

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[7 vs. 17] Last visit in Biarritz – Russian Ortodox churchDriving North through a violent weatherArriving to Bordeaux Visiting WWII German submarine bins Large squares of Bordeaux – reminds of St. Petersburg Sunday, July 20, 2014 Overview Checked out at 10:51 – Le Caritz, Biarritz – €132 – the most expensive hotel on the […]

07-19 Back to France – Busy Biarritz

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[8 vs. 16] Second trip to a sacred water spring Start driving from monastery in YesaCross back into FranceQuick stop at sea resort of Saint-Jean-de-LuzTricky parking at BiarritzHotel at the center of the cityWalking, raining and eating – no swimming? Saturday, July 19, 2014 Overview 08:00 Wake up in Yesa (Spain) 09:26 […]