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Valencia sits 350 kilometers or a 3 hour drive south of Barcelona.  Back in a rented Kia while making our way down the AP-7 and in between conjugating Spanish verbs in my head, I had scary visions that my first glass of orange juice in Valencia would not be fresh but concentrate.  Still, orange trees […]

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Heading East from the caves as quickly as Fred Flintstone after a long meeting with Mr. Slate, we arrived by evening in the French Mediterranean coastal town of Argelès-sur-Mer, close to the Spanish border.  The beach itself is wonderful and wide, but/and the town is seedy, and fun!  Plenty of arcades, OK food at best […]

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Showing up in a town with no hotel reservations can work, but it is probably better to reserve a room(s) if one or more of the following is true: a) you are arriving at 1 a.m.; b) the town is hosting its annual festival; c) it is August and you are in Europe; d) you […]

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