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Italy 2016 – A day of ruins and new beginnings..

Posted on June 3, 2016 by herktrav

Day 17 – Sorrento, Italy Looks like another beautiful day – perfect for our day trip to see the ruins of Pompeii. The tour bus picked us up near the hotel along with a few others from hotels nearby and … Continue reading →

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Italy 2016 – Visiting the town of Gubbio

Posted on May 25, 2016 by herktrav

Day 8 – Gubbio, Italy So the Castello di Petroia is technically not right in the town of Gubbio, but rather in the outskirts, just past a town called Scritto. Today we will visit the actual town of Gubbio, famous … Continue reading →

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Italy 2016 – A visit to Assisi

Posted on May 25, 2016 by herktrav

Day 7 – Assisi, Italy Woke up to the fog shrouding the surrounding hills. The sun is up and will hopefully burn it off early. Cleaned up and went down for breakfast. Looks like the others got off to an … Continue reading →

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Italy 2016 – Ravenna and her mosaics

Posted on May 20, 2016 by herktrav

Day 3 – Ravenna, Italy Saturday’s adventure was a day trip to Ravenna to see the Unesco World Heritage sites. The sites are mosaics dating back as far as the 5th century, when Ravenna was the capital of the Roman … Continue reading →

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Day 4 – PM – Jaipur City Palace

Posted on October 14, 2014 by herktrav

Jaipur, India Just a short ride back from the Amber Fort to the city of Jaipur. We have two places that we will be visiting. The Jantar Mantar or city astronomical observatory was first on the agenda. It was constructed … Continue reading →

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Day 4 – Mid – Jaipur Fort

Posted on October 14, 2014 by herktrav

Jaipur, India The train ride to Jaipur was pretty quick or maybe we just thought it was because we were still giddy from our safari sightings. Once we arrived, we went through our reception and then departed for our afternoon … Continue reading →

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Day 3 – PM – Chittorgarh Fort

Posted on October 13, 2014 by herktrav

Chittorgarh, India The second half of our day would be spent in the town of Chittorgarh. Chittorgarh basically means the fort in Chittor. It’s a fortified town that resides high in the hills. It has been invaded and conquered three … Continue reading →

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Day 2 – Jodhpur

Posted on October 12, 2014 by herktrav

Jodhpur, India The trip from Delhi to Jodhpur is about 625 Km in length with most of the travel in the overnight hours. The first night of sleep on board the train was interesting. Like a lullaby played at a … Continue reading →

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Retirement Trip to France – 2014

Posted on June 28, 2014 by herktrav

This is a repost of a previous trip. To celebrate my retirement, in May 2014, we enjoyed a month long holiday in France.  We started with friends in Paris and the Dordogne for a couple weeks before heading on to … Continue reading →

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