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Finding the silver lining

Posted on October 6, 2026 by marilyn

LANZAROTE, CANARY ISLANDS – 4 – 6/10/26 After yesterday’s 5-star tour, we’ve got some pretty high expectations for the next trip.  For some unknown reason, I thought we would be taking a ferry ride and there would only be the … Continue reading →

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Back on track and loving it!

Posted on October 3, 2026 by marilyn

LANZAROTE, CANARY ISLANDS  – 3 October 2026 After our first “commercial” tourist tour we’ve voted that Christine has outdone herself. That bloody car can stay in the driveway forever for all we care.  At 8.30am we walk down to the … Continue reading →

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Next Level Shemozzle

Posted on September 29, 2026 by marilyn

LANZAROTE, CANARY ISLANDS – 29/9/26 – 2/10/26 It didn’t start out well, luggage not arriving, hire car without Sat Nav that couldn’t be used, no luggage on day 2, getting lost on day 2, 1 bag still missing on day … Continue reading →

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Lisbon Stop Over

Posted on September 27, 2026 by marilyn

LISBON, PORTUGAL – 27 September 2026 I didn’t think that there’d be any point going on the Collette Lisbon tour as we’d seen a lot back two weeks ago but, turned out that they were taking us to the Palace, … Continue reading →

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What else can go wrong?

Posted on September 27, 2026 by marilyn

TERCEIRA ISLAND, AZORES – 24-27 September 2026 We’ve had a few days were everything has gone according to plan, but now we’ve taken stuff ups to the next level (by us, not our tour guide), but more about those later.  … Continue reading →

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