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The Obsessive and the Serene

30 Wednesday Jul 2014

Posted by Tom in Sentiments, Travel

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la Plaza de San Marco, obsessive travel, Venice

St. Mark's Square in Venice by Jan Ciągliński. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

St. Mark’s Square in Venice by Jan Ciągliński. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Without judgment and certainly without malice, I consider Louise to be an obsessive traveler. Consider this quote from the blog: “I live in fear that somebody back home will ask: ‘You were in Barcelona? Didn’t you love La Sagrada Familia?’ No, we actually never got there. And it would be my fault, wouldn’t it?”

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He Said; She Said

09 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Tom in Gallery, Travel

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expat, travel, Venice

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Today our travelers are in Venice, the romantic Italian city of Carnival and Casanova. Readers are reminded, however, that it is August, one of the hotter Augusts on record in Italy, and that provokes a certain irritability within our normally amicable duo, resulting in two decidedly antipodal perspectives on the Venetian experience…

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There Are Too Many People Between Patras and Venice

07 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Tom in Accommodations, Gallery, Travel

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Greek ferries, Patras, travel, Venice

Arriving at Venice

Arriving at Venice (click to enlarge — all photos)

Okay. If it was all predictable, it wouldn’t be adventure, right? And with all the buses, taxis, and boats we’ve traveled on during the past couple of days, there was plenty of opportunity for unpredictability.
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Two Ferries, Three Trains, a Bus, and a Boat

02 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Tom in Accommodations, Gallery, Travel

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Bellagio, Como, Heraklion, Milan, Patras, Petraeus, Venice

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Two overnight ferries, three trains, a bus, and a boat – do you think we shudda booked a plane instead?

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