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Is the Picasso Museum in Barcelona Really Necessary?
Is the Picasso Museum in Barcelona Really Necessary? The question that heads this post, regarding the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, is (one might suppose) merely a rhetorical exercise. In another...
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Design Museum of Barcelona is a Delightful Mix of Classical and Modern
Design Museum of Barcelona is a Delightful Mix of Classical and Modern Whenever Therese and I travel to a big city where we stay awhile, we usually will visit their museum of decorative arts. We love...
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Sunday Visit to Palermo’s Royal Palace and Castrum Superius Exhibit
Sunday Visit to Palermo’s Royal Palace and Castrum Superius Exhibit When we were planning our trip to Sicily last spring, I was told that the Royal Palace, the so-called Palazzo dei Normanni, is not...
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Maritime Museum and La Boqueria Market on a Sunny Day in Barcelona
Maritime Museum and La Boqueria Market on a Sunny Day in Barcelona Anyone who knows me knows that when I travel, I am not a big fan of visiting the “must-see” attractions that are swarming with...
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Molti Volti Café, San Francesco Church and San Lorenzo Oratory in Palermo
Molti Volti Café, San Francesco Church and San Lorenzo Oratory in Palermo While we had our plans for visiting Palermo before getting there, once we were there, we discovered things to do and places to...
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Kalsa District and Salinas Archeological Museum on Saturday in Palermo
Kalsa District and Salinas Archeological Museum on Saturday in Palermo Our Saturday in Palermo was a mix of last-minute plans and things I had planned for earlier in the week that we had not gotten to...
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Day Trip to Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples in Sicily
Day Trip to Agrigento’s Valley of the Temples in Sicily For our last full day in Sicily, I planned that we would go on our second guided excursion, our second tour with Francesca Lombardo of Sicilian...
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Musée Marmottan Monet and Restaurant La Gare in Paris’ Sixteenth
Musée Marmottan Monet and Restaurant La Gare in Paris’ Sixteenth On Tuesday, our third day in Paris (already!), Therese and I ventured to the western district of La Muette, part of the 16th...
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Our Virtual Vacation Weekend in St. Petersburg, Russia
Our Virtual Vacation Weekend in St. Petersburg, Russia Since we could not plan the sorts of international trips we would normally take right now, I came up with the idea of doing virtual vacations. In...
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American Visionary Art Museum Never Fails to Dazzle
American Visionary Art Museum Never Fails to Dazzle How many times have Therese and I (and our friend Faith) been to the American Visionary Art Museum at this point? I have lost count. Four? Five?...
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