Category: Europe 2025
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Day 46 (Taormina, Sicily)
Today is 72 and sunny. We started out with a nice free (included) breakfast at our hotel. Then we ordered up an Uber to take us to the Enterprise car rental place. The guy sent me a text that said that he has to stop and get gas, which is fine. He must have forgot…
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Day 45 (Travel to Messina, Sicily)
Today is 73 and sunny. We are out the door at 9am and have a 1.5hr drive to Taranto to catch a train that leaves at 1:07pm. We need to drop off the rental car at Europcar and then try to get an Uber to the train station. Driving in the city is always an…
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Day 44 (Lecce)
Today is 73 and partly sunny. Staying in an apartment is nice except everyone seems to have unattended dogs that start barking at 8am. Fortunately I was about to get up anyway. If it’s not barking it’s car honking. Why did we leave our Executive Suite?! We spent most of the morning planning our last…
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Day 43 (Lecce)
Today is 74 and partly sunny. The temps are getting warmer this week and we were supposed to stay 1 more night (tonight). I woke up with bug bites all over me because it is 75+ degrees in our room and the window is open. Lori had booked 3 nights with her credit card points…
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Day 42 (Ostuni, Italy)
Today is 65 and mostly sunny. We had a light breakfast this morning and have an Olive oil tasting scheduled at 11:30am. The olive farm is about 15 min from our hotel. We entered in the location on Apple Maps and headed out. It was mostly back street driving until we came upon a left…
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Day 41 (drive to Ostuni)
Today is 66 and sunny. We started out with breakfast. They have a pretty good selection of choices but we were really looking forward to a few specific things. They have a good selection of Italian bread which makes for great toast. The specific bread that I like was a little lacking today. There were…
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Day 41 (Polignano a Mare)
Today is 65 and mostly sunny. Lori found us another nice place but it is hard to tell what beauty is around us because we are secluded. We are about a 5 min walk to the Adriatic, which we may do later. We had a slight change of plans and have decided to drive into…
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Day 40 (Travel to Bari, Italy)
Weather is 60 and overcast. Probably because we are leaving today. Our flight leaves at 11:50am on Ryan Air. $15 + baggage comes to about $100 each. Not too bad. We got up early so that we had time for one more spectacular breakfast. I don’t know how they afford to include this size of…
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Day 39 (Spa day #2)
It is 64 and the sun is trying to peak out with calm winds. Today is our last day here and we are not looking forward to leaving our new found comfort zone. Lori already left for her massage with the Thai Ninja from a couple days ago. I have donned my Medium robe and…
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Day 38 (Executive Suite)
Today is 65 and overcast with light rain predicted throughout the day. It doesn’t matter because everyday looks great from this Suite! Every room has large sliding glass doors so you always have a view when you walk between rooms. Breakfast was delicious again with so many choices. They rotate donuts and cake everyday and…
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