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Flyaway Cafe’s Travel Favorites 10-18-09

October 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment

It’s been a week of big travel news, although some of centered around flying hoaxes.  That’s why you need to read these blogs posts that will give you real scoop! SoSauce (travel geek blog) an Indian cooking lesson, including Naan.  Yummmmmmm! LA Times Travel compares and contrasts Halloween activities at Knott’s Berry Farm and Universal [...]

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Flyaway Cafe’s Travel Favorites 10-11-09

October 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I have a short list of travel posts this week, not because there was any shortage in great stuff, but because I had a little health scare that landed me in the emergency room.  I’ve spent a rather low key week as I’ve been nursing myself back to health, and so I just haven’t had [...]

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Planning to Visit Lake Maggiore

September 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

This summer was my second trip to Italy, and while some of the familiar things from last year were incorporated in to the journey, it was important to me to add on some new experiences as well.  I knew our intrepid group would be flying into Milan, and then three of us would have a [...]

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Flyaway Cafe’s Travel Favorites 9-6-09

September 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I hope you’re enjoying the long Labor Day Weekend, but also hope you’ll make some time to check out some of these great blog post from the past week.  It’s always hard to pick the best of the best, but these captured my attention this past week: Up, Up, and A Gay, a recently discovered [...]

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The Seaport City of Ancona, Italy

July 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Ancona is a seaport city in the Marche region of Italy.  We drove here from our farmhouse in Tuscany, and it became a bit of a mountainous drive.  We were glad when we finally dropped down onto the coast and could see the water and the city. We didn’t spend much time in Ancona, it [...]

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Driving in Italy: Not for the Faint of Heart

July 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

While normally I am a big fan of public transportation, and opt for trains, planes, and buses while on vacation, our trek to Italy and Croatia required covering a lot of ground to remote locations.  A car was a necessity. Although the driving was left in the hands of the guys, we’ve covered enough ground [...]

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McDonald’s Italian-Style

June 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

It seems like there are certain constants no matter where you happen to be.  No matter how far I go, it seems that I can’t escape McDonald’s and its golden arches. Needing a bit of a stretch break, along with wanting some coffee and a bit of nourishment for the road, our band of travelers [...]

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Photos from Lake Maggiore

June 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I’m traveling in Europe for a bit, and spent an enjoyable few days at Lake Maggiore.  While I’ll have more in depth posts after I return home and have a chance to marshal my thoughts, I’ll be posting a few photos and quick thoughts from the road. Lake Maggiore isn’t the largest of the Italian [...]

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WINNER: Enchanted April DVD

May 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The Enchanted April DVD will be winging its way out to Karen (who blogs at Thrifty Mommy) with her comment:   I have never been out of the US, so I’m sure any place in Italy would be great!   After watching this movie, you’ll be dying to go to Italy, I’m sure.  And yes, [...]

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Italy – With a Little Help From My Friends

April 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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I have a long list of places that I want to go and things that I want to see.  Sometimes, however, I just can’t decide what to do.  That’s when a little help from my friends is so important – and I’m hoping that you can help. l will be heading off to Italy in [...]

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