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Splendors of Japan with Hiroshima

Splendors of Japan with Hiroshima

When I started traveling again in 2009, Japan was at the top of my list, so I was delighted when Trafalgar introduced this tour in 2013. I had a choice between the 10 day tour which ends in Kyoto or the 14 day one that includes a night in a monastery as well as a visit to Hiroshima via the bullet train.  Continue reading “Splendors of Japan with Hiroshima”

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Best of Greece and 7 Day Aegean Cruise

The Best of Greece and 7 Day Aegean Cruise offered by Trafalgar Tours is actually two tours combined – the Best of Greece and the Aegean Odyssey. The land portion visits Athens then took us around Greece to sites such as Olympia, Delphi and Kalambaka. Continue reading “Best of Greece and 7 Day Aegean Cruise”

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Natural Wonders of Iceland

In June, 2013, I was looking for a tour that was under two weeks and not too far away and given that it was June, I looked north. I had narrowed my choices down to Alaska Norway or Iceland.

Iceland won out and I signed up for Insight Vacations’ Natural Wonders of Iceland.  Continue reading “Natural Wonders of Iceland”

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Grand China and the Yangtze

In October, 2010, I decided to dive head first into my first tour of a truly exotic location with Trafalgar Tours’ Grand China and the Yangtze. I booked the tour through Trafalgar but it’s actually run by a sister company called Uniworld – a river boat tour company.  Continue reading “Grand China and the Yangtze”