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DOUG’S RETIREMENT TRAVEL BLOG
65: time to hit the road
I retired. Twice. The first time in 2022, without Leslie; the second time in 2024, with her. Maybe this time it’ll stick.
Several discreet trips; each is a category. You can select one below to see it specifically, or just walk through. They're in reverse chronological order.
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2025 March 29,30: Catania
Weekend in town. We’re keeping up our 5+ miles/day walking pace. We went into an immense church on the Piazza Dante (btw Catania wins the...
dougbergh
Apr 12 min read
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2025 March 28: Mt Etna
Up Mt Etna (active volcano 1 hour bus ride from Catania) today. On the way up: First indication of trouble: The bus dropped us at the...
dougbergh
Apr 11 min read
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2025 March 27: Taormina
OK brace yourselves. Today was the most beautiful day of the trip. Trips? We took a bus to Taormina. Mid-day the heavens opened & we had...
dougbergh
Mar 291 min read
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2025 March 25, 26: Catania
Tuesday 25th, set out toward the west from our apartment, found this: Mercato Di piazza Carlo Alberto: Lunch of arancini and Barkette con...
dougbergh
Mar 281 min read
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2025 March 24: Catania!
We moved (from Palermo) to Catania, on the east coast of Sicily; staying for 2 weeks. 3 hour bus ride got us there mid day. The idea is...
dougbergh
Mar 251 min read
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2024 March 22, 23: last weekend in Palermo
Saturday March 22: The ladies in the windows are on Via del 4 April, by Giardino Garibaldi, an older area near the harbor with many...
dougbergh
Mar 251 min read
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2025 March 21: Cefalù
Returned to Cefalù & climbed the neighboring Massif: Took a nap on the beach: Stopped into the cathedral: And just before sunset… …took...
dougbergh
Mar 221 min read
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2025 March 20: Faust at Teatro Massimo
A favorite spot for a macchiato: kiosk on a no-name piazza. You can find it next to Santa Maria Gesù al Capo: It (and our AirBnB) are...
dougbergh
Mar 221 min read
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2025 March 19: Palermo
After morning yoga (we’ve been pretty religious about exercise & yoga before venturing out each day)… …we set out on a long walk through...
dougbergh
Mar 221 min read
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2025 March 18: Agrigento
Outside of Agrigento, near the southern coast of Sicily, a 2-hour train from Palermo, is the ‘valley of the temples’. Greek temples,...
dougbergh
Mar 221 min read
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2024 March 17: Palermo
Les & Marie arrived from Cefalù, we met them in the early afternoon for a walkabout. Here’s a piazza at one end of Vucceria Market, one...
dougbergh
Mar 221 min read
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2025 March 16: Cefalù
Sun Mar 16: went to Cefalù, a very picturesque town on the north coast of Sicily. It’s a 1 hour train from Palermo: Met fellow travelers...
dougbergh
Mar 211 min read
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2025 March 14,15: Palermo
Breakfast at Radici di Sicilia, which we like a lot. Then many other things: …including Mercato di Ballarò: Leslie bought a belt from...
dougbergh
Mar 161 min read
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2025 March 12, 13: Palermo
Left Herceg Novi. Bus to Podgorica: Flew through Belgrade & Rome to Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Arrived midnight, checked into our AirBNB in...
dougbergh
Mar 141 min read
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2025 Herceg Novi overall impressions
Herceg Novi is in a good location from which to see Montenegro & southern Croatia. Highlights: Perast, Kotor, Dubrovnik. Rent is low,...
dougbergh
Mar 131 min read
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2025 Mar 7-11: winding down Herceg Novi
Fri Mar 7: beautiful day. Center of town: The Mimoza festival is still happening, a small-child sing & dance program happened on one of...
dougbergh
Mar 131 min read
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2025 Mar 5-6: Dubrovnik
Our 90-day visa exile from Schengen being up as of the 2nd (we left Deutschland Dec 2), we decided to take a couple days and go to...
dougbergh
Mar 92 min read
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2025 Mar 4: Sailing!
So a while ago I was looking at boat charters for a possible August charter, and came across this Wauquiez 40…you know, same builder as...
dougbergh
Mar 81 min read
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2025 Mar 2, 3: sunshine in Herceg Novi
Sun Mar 2: Tonight the sun came out in time to set: Mon Mar 3: …and stayed out all day Mon. Had 2nd breakfast @ a favorite cafe: Fabrika...
dougbergh
Mar 71 min read
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2025 March 1: Deviations, Burning Man
Idea was to take it easy, pick up some bread at our favorite bakery/cafe - Baguetteria at the Lazure Marina in Meljine. First deviation:...
dougbergh
Mar 21 min read
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