Chris and Sue’s Excellent(?) Adventures

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  • Piscolabis / The Praktik

    Piscolabis is the first restaurant we ate at after we rendez-vous with IT.  The restaurant is next to her hotel –  The Praktik which she raved about – “5-star interiors at a 3-star rate”.  I did not see the room but the location of the hotel is definitely 5 star – at Rambla Catalunya no.

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  • Genève, Costa Brava, Barcelona

    We were in Barcelona for a 9-day early summer vacation. IT, who happened to be on business in London, attended a wedding in Paris, and joined us for the week. I had visited Barcelona years ago – before the Olympics were held there in 1992.   We picked this location because my office was going to

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  • Milano at night

    Just a few pictures of the sights of Milano at night.  The next series of posts will be about Barcelona.  We came back two weeks ago and there are tons of pictures and stories to tell. Buono sera – questa è Milano di notte. Duomo Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II The cupola inside the Galleria Near Duomo Il Navigli

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  • Cielo sopra Duomo, Milano

    Cielo sopra Duomo, Milano

    Milan’s Duomo is truly gigantic and spectacular in a somber way. The sky above Duomo, if you look up from the piazza, is filled with rows of saints guarding it. The church was smart to let tourists access to the roof.  One can appreciate the scale of the building and all the ornaments on top.

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Jungfrau, a must-see in Switzerland

Art and Architecture on Naoshima 直島, Japan

Morocco Adventure: Sand, Sea and Souks

Venice, its canals and carriers

Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

Familiar food we (as travelers) ate while in Tokyo

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