Tag Archives: Airports

France 2025 – The long and winding roads home!

Posted on October 12, 2025 by herktrav

Day 6 – At least the flight path was devoid of traffic. The day we travel home has arrived – a little too early in the morning for me, but that’s just the way it is. We have a taxi … Continue reading →

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France 2024 – Homeward Bound

Posted on December 24, 2024 by herktrav

The short version: We are back home and had a great time in Paris! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The long version: We had to be up early for our flight home. A 5:15am alarm is never a good thing in my book. I … Continue reading →

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France 2024 – Bonjour Paris!

Posted on December 11, 2024 by herktrav

I have no qualms about saying that Paris is my favorite travel destination. I can’t express how grateful and lucky I feel to be back, especially with the holiday spirit in the air – people are cheerful and the ‘City … Continue reading →

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Portugal 2024 – Lisbon Pt 4 – The End of the Journey

Posted on October 12, 2024 by herktrav

With just one day left, what better way to celebrate our journey through Portugal than with a nice dinner at a wonderful restaurant? To avoid the inevitable wind-blown and exhausted look, we took a taxi to the restaurant. The taxi … Continue reading →

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Portugal 2024 – Porto

Posted on September 13, 2024 by herktrav

We have arrived – finally! For the first time in a long time we had flight issues. Let me share our travel day “fun”. Everything started out great. The Airport Transfer arrived fifteen minutes early and off we went. When … Continue reading →

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Fall 2022 – Heading home from Italy

Posted on October 27, 2022 by herktrav

After forty-six days of meandering our way around Italy, it was time to head home. It wasn’t a direct route to home though. We flew from Rome to Washington DC, but due to the schedules, we decided to stay overnight … Continue reading →

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Italy 2022 – Time to go – We’re on our way!

Posted on September 5, 2022 by herktrav

Trumpets are blaring, drums are being pounded – so hold on while I turn down the music. It’s time and we’re ready to go. Our bags are packed, camera batteries are charged, and our sunglasses are clean, so we have … Continue reading →

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Piedmont – The Adventure Begins

Posted on September 24, 2019 by herktrav

Usually our journeys start with a quick taxi ride to the airport, but not today. Today, we had our own chauffeur for our ride to Toronto. Ok, we were actually picked up by friends Jan and Dave, who are accompanying … Continue reading →

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Day 32 – Heading Home – Milan to Zurich to NYC to Buffalo

Posted on July 15, 2019 by herktrav

“Home Sweet Home” “The Thrill of Coming Home has Never Changed” “Traveling is so much better when you know you have a wonderful home to go back to” Who writes that nonsense? Yes, we are back home safe and sound. … Continue reading →

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