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We started our way down a long and windy outdoor walking path.  Not even realizing what we would find at the end. We had hopped off the bus from Santa Margherita and found the walking path to Portofino and then up to Hotel Splendido.  Hotel Splendido is on a hillside overlooking the picturesque harbor of Portofino with …

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Edvard Munch is Norway’s most beloved artist. He is most famous for four versions of a composition created as both painting and pastel called The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik). He created these pieces of art between 1893 and 1910 on cardboard. Each piece features a hairless figure with an antagonizing expression standing on a bridge beneath a blazing orange …

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Tour of La Boqueria Barcelona: Sweet and Salty The tour I took in Barcelona was called:  Farm to Fork, La Boqueria Barcelona, and Beyond. It began at the intersection of Carrer de la Boqueria and La Rambla, which was founded in the 12th century, making it one of Europe’s oldest markets. La Boqueria Barcelona If …

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By Cacinda Maloney If you are following along in my series on Costa Brava, Spain: Post #1: Costa Brava, Spain’s Northeast Coast: Getting There Post #2:  Diamonds are a girl’s best friend:  Girona, Spain This is post #3: So, you want to go to Spain’s Brave Coast? Seaside L’Estartit Costa Brava, literally, the “Brave Coast” …

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By Cacinda Maloney This post is more of a  “how to” versus a romanticized gallivant through Spain!  I will be making a series of posts detailing the places to go and the things to do along the coast. That part will be gallivanting! (Posts#2-4) This is post #1  Costa Brava, Spain’s Northeast Coast:  Getting There …

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