Chris and Sue’s Excellent(?) Adventures

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  • Porto Airport, Portugal (OPO)

    We think all air travelers can agree on one thing and that is – Fly non-stop to your final destination whenever you can. Unfortunately for those who are travelling to Madeira, there are very few non-stop flights to Madeira from outside of Portugal. Last year, our trip to Madeira from Geneva required us to stop

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  • Decorative Ornaments on Vintage Cars

    I (Chris) remember when I was seven or eight years old, the emblems and logos of cars were fascinating objects. At the vintage car collection of the Fondation Pierre Gianadda, we saw a collection of car hood ornaments on the cars of yesteryears. Starting with a silver Rolls Royce and a yellow Isotta-Fraschini 8A (from

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  • Vintage car collection at Fondation Pierre Gianadda

    Vintage car collection at Fondation Pierre Gianadda

    The Foundation Pierre Gianadda was founded by Léonard Gianadda in memory of his younger brother Pierre, who was killed in an airplane crash in 1976. Apart from the adjoining sculpture park (posted here), the heart of the Foundation is a space for art exhibition and musical performances as well as a museum of automobiles which is located underground. According

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  • The Sculpture Park at Fondation Pierre Gianadda

    After a long dreary winter, our wait for a warm and sunny weekend is over. Spring has finally arrived, late but most welcomed. I made this trip to the Fondation Pieere Gianadda last year at about the same time. Fondation Pierre Gianadda is a museum located in Martigny – which is about an hour by

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Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

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