October 3: Dull skies rained steadily as we detoured into Strasbourg. But serendipity! There we found the best food and best music of our trip to the Rhine region.
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October 4-8: In Colmar, four-hundred-year-old half-timbered houses line the canals, looking for all the world like gingerbread with thick pastel frosting. With that kind of charm, great local white wine, and fascinating history, even the rain couldn’t dampen our mood.
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Friday, October 8: En route to the Black Forest, we stopped in Freiburg on a whim. Three unexpected and delightful surprises awaited us; we are so glad we stopped!
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September 20: Jean and I are at our second favorite place* on Earth – the town of Bol, Island of Brač. Yes, we are again back in Croatia on the Dalmatian Coast!
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August 24: Our Favorite Places in Greece: We have been in Greece for more than a month, and as we depart, I thought I’d share our favorites from the Hellenic Republic. Bet you can’t guess! They are not what we expected.
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July 15-19: The Land of Blood and Honey: supposedly the word “Balkan” comes from Turkish “Bal”, honey, and “Kan”, blood. When the Ottoman Turks conquered this land in the 1300’s they found it rich, but hard. We found that still true today.
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