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Spring Travel Anyone?
Where are you headed this spring? Anywhere fun or interesting?
We are taking a transatlantic cruise from Tampa to Barcelona and then spending 3-wks in the south of France. We had planned to travel mostly by train, but the rolling strike convinced us to rent a car. Hopefully, we can get to Narbonne on a strike day to pick up our car. May have to take a bus, unless they are also on strike. Spending a couple of extra days in Barcelona would not be a bad thing, but hate to miss our days in Carcassonne.
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Glenn,
Having the car will give you the freedom to visit a lot of smaller towns, and Cathar castles if that's up your alley. Have you considered renting a car from Barcelona? The drive from there to Andorra is beautiful, as is the drive then to any number of towns in Languedoc for the next stage of a journey - Mirepoix is a nice town to make a base for a few days of exploring.
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I just cancelled (postponed?) our annual Europe trip for this late spring. We have some family events we are hosting and decided to space things out a bit
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A potential trip to India for business.
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Florence (Italy, not Kentucky Y'All), Venice, Ravenna & Siena next month.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floren...ll_Water_Tower
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Sources: Vinyl: Clearaudio Innovation Wood turntable with 9" Universal tonearm, Da Vinci V2 cartridge, Stillpoints SS & Stillpoints clamp, McIntosh MVP 901, Apple Mac mini via Benchmark DAC 1, Aurender N100C via Schiit Yggdrasil Control: McIntosh C1100, Mcintosh MX151 Power: Mcintosh MC2301s (front), McIntosh MC501 (center), Mcintosh MC402 (rear) Speakers: Sonus Faber Amati Futura (front and back), SF Vox center Power/connections: PS Audio Power Port receptacles, RGPC 400 pro (2) WireWorld interconnects and speaker cable |
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Have not been to Italy in many years. Hope to rectify that next year.
We have our trip pretty well mapped out. Visiting friends in Sete & Bezier & Pic St. Loup while in Carcassonne & Montpellier.
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Glenn... Canton Reference 9 Clearaudio SM Pro Focal Bathys JLA 10" Dominion Kuzma Stabi S w/MC & MM Magnepan 1,7i McIntosh MA8950 & MR88 Oppo 203 Roon Nucleus Rose Hifi RS150B Shunyata Gemini-4 Sony ST-A6B, TA-F6B, ST-J75 & PS-X75 Sorane SA1.2 & TA-1L Stillpoints LP1v2 WW Pt, Au & Ag |
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Munich for the Hi-End Show followed by touring in the area before heading up to Berlin for a while. (Returning home to supervise some renovations.)
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Just returned from a 2 week eating trip in Barcelona, Napoli, Roma and Venezia.
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Staying in the US or as close as you can come to leaving. Key West first week in June. I figure it's safer to stay home than possibly be in a country that we've pissed off recently.
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Glenn, couple of restaurant recommendations if I may.
"Botafumeiro" (Barcelona) and "Mirazur" (Menton) Enjoy your vacation mate!
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