Alps and Med Day 7: Côte d’Azur to Provence

Thursday, April 30, 2026

From Provence … Dinner last night was at Arabo Cafe in Nice. Limited bus parking in the heart of Nice, so a good amount of walking last night….

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Alps and Med Day 6: Monaco and Nice

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

From Nice … The hotel elevators don’t cooperate, but around 8:15 AM we depart our Genoa hotel for the two hour bus trip to the French Riviera, known…

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Alps and Med Day 5: Cinque Terre

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

On the bus returning from Cinque Terre … Our lengthy dinner service didn’t end until well after 10 PM last night. But we depart at 8:15 AM this…

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Alps and Med Day 4: Lake Como

Monday, April 27, 2026

From Genoa … Today is a transfer day of sorts with a side of Lake Como. We leave Switzerland for the 3-hour drive to Lake Como in Italy….

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Alps and Med Day 3: Lucerne

Sunday, April 26, 2026

From Lucerne … After a few days of planes and bus travel, it’s time to get down to the business of sightseeing! Lucerne sits on Lake Lucerne beneath…

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Alps and Med Day 2: Zurich to Lucerne

Saturday, April 25, 2026

From Lucerne … Our flight arrives late morning after our overnight (and direct!) flight from Boston. We get through Swiss passport control, collect our luggage, and meet our…

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Alps and Med Day 1: BOS to ZRH

Friday, April 24, 2026

From Boston Logan … We’ve got a late evening departure so plenty of time today to make the best of a layover day in Boston. I decide to…

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Alps and Med Day 0: IAD to BOS

Thursday, April 23, 2026

From Boston … Alps and Med? This tour is to Lucerne, Switzerland, Northern Italy, the South of France, and Barcelona. Simple one or word titles work best for…

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Essential Travel Gear for Iceland

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Usually, these post-trip gear and workflow overviews begin with a recounting of the number of years since the previous international trip. But in this case, it’s only been…

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Essential Travel Gear for Italy and Greece

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

My last international trip to Israel was in April 2022. I noted then that because of the pandemic that it had been two-and-a-half years since my previous international…

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