Category: Travel
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A Guest House of Artistic Inspiration
I am woefully overdue in publishing this post … perhaps it is because, subconsciously, I don’t want to share this delightful retreat in Galena, Illinois, for fear its two rooms will both be occupied the next time we return to the area! Abe’s Spring Street Guest House is special lodging located just a few blocks from…
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Honoring Their Memory on 9/11
Originally posted on Travel. Garden. Eat.: “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is…
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Minnesota State Fair 201: An Advanced Fairgoers Guide
That red-letter day is almost here – our annual trip to the Minnesota State Fair! I have written before of my love for the Great Minnesota Get-Together, in my post “One in 164,694 (People): A Day at the Minnesota State Fair.” As my boys became teens, and now with one now in college and the other poised…
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Happy Third Anniversary (to me)!
Three years ago this week, I took the leap and hit the “publish” button for the first time. The blog “Travel. Garden. Eat.” entered the blogosphere. Three years of blogging = 314 posts, 21,118 visitors, and 48,048 views. As I begin year four of my blogging journey, it is interesting to look back on posts of interest — whether…
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The Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona
Originally posted on Chuck's Trip: Stepping cautiously through ?treacherous terrain–vomit and tens of thousands of broken bottles–crossing raging rivers of sangría in the streets, and making sure not to provoke the local wildlife…the Festival of San Fermín was almost like a safari. Last weekend I took a train to Pamplona to stay there Friday and…
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