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  • 30 Day European Tour

    Our 30 day European tour included eight countries.  Travel between cities was mostly by train, although we needed plane flights for two of the legs.  There was a combination of self guided and organised tours, depending on our ability to reach the destinations we wanted. To view each destination, click on the links below. Paris…

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    Four Days in Belgium

    What Were Our goals? We spent a total of four days in Brussels, Belgium but only two of those were in the city itself.  The others consisted of trips to Bruges, Ghent, Luxembourg and the World War 1 Flanders Battlefields.  Apart from the magnificent old buildings, Brussels is famous for its chocolate, beer and comic…

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  • Mont Saint Michel

    Mont Saint Michel

    Mont Saint Michel is an abbey built on an island that used to be isolated at high tide, established by a bishop after seeing a vision from the Archangel Michael (hence its name). Why Did We Go? Mont Saint Michel is one of those iconic places that looks fantastic in a photo, making it a…

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