Barcelona to Rome – October 6th 2017 Our ferry was very basic, slightly disappointing given the advertising we had seen. We had been excited to have the pool on deck for the next day while at sea. This would keep the kids busy for hours. Nope, pool closed and drained. ugh. So we left just...
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Barcelona – October 5th 2017 Today we were headed out of Barcelona. Leaving our horrid Airbnb behind and prepping for our nearly 24 ferry ride to Rome. Unfortunately the boat was leaving at 10pm and we needed to leave our Airbnb by 11am. Fortunately, we could park our car at the terminal and walk into...
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Barcelona – October 4th 2017 The day after the strike we finally made it into Barcelona city! The day after the strike was a toss up whether full service would resume on the trains so we took a chance and headed to the station. The train arrived (albeit a bit late) and we hopped on...
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Barcelona – October 2nd & 3rd 2017 Time to hit the road to Barcelona. We had been in the city twice technically but had yet to see any of it, really. We were ready for our stay and couldn’t wait to explore. I had always heard great things about Barcelona. We stayed just out the...
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Valencia – September 29th – October 1st 2017 Our days spent outside of Valencia were relaxing and lazy for the most part. A quick walk to the beach was perfect. Only a block away and we arrived at a beautiful beach (apart from that there was no sand almost it was all rocks). The sea...
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Porto to Valencia – September 27th – 28th 2017 Porto was lovely but I will admit that it was quite foggy while we were there. We didn’t mind the fog but when the sun actually came out we got our butts out the house and spent some time on the beach. There were awesome climbing...
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Porto – September 26th 2017 We couldn’t wait to take the bus into the city of Porto to explore. Our super hosts had given us a huge amount of suggestions along with a city map so we were set!! The bus into the city was an easy ride, and we arrived to the city in...
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Marrakesh to Porto – September 24th – 25th 2017 We left Morocco and headed to the airport. We were on our way to Porto, Portugal with a quick plane change in Casablanca. First was all the security checks at the airport. It was excessive. I’m not complaining in the least about the many checks we...
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Marrakesh – September 23rd 2017 Our last full day in Morocco was finally here. We stayed around the hotel in the morning and afternoon to get a good swim in for the kids. Our plan was to head back to Jemaa el-Fna square at night as we heard the square really comes alive then. As...
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Marrakesh – September 22nd 2017 Our BIG Morocco adventure day had arrived. We had hired Ali from ATM Journey tours in Morocco to take us around to see the Atlas mountains, Ourika Valley and end our tour with a sunset camel ride. We were picked up bright and early in the morning and set out...
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