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Our Pre-Cruise Days in Athens!

Steve (DOS) and I have had a wonderful 4 night stay here at the Grand Hyatt Athens. As it’s nearly midnight on our last day and I’m back in the room packing up for our Seabourn Cruise tomorrow, I told…

Steve UnoNovember 21, 2023November 26, 2023 Athens, Balcony, Bed and Breakfast, Bus travel, Business Class, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Cardiologist, Caribbean, Celebrity cruises, Champagne, Cruise Critic, Cruise Ports, Fall, gift shops, Grand Hotels, Grand Hyatt, Greece, Hotel Executive Lounges, Hotels, Hyatt, Iconic Wonders of the World, Mountains, Photos, Restaurants, Roof Top Bars, Room with a View, Scenic drives No Comments

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Heading out for a month: 2 Cruises and lots of Nautical Miles and Sea Days!

First of all, Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all! I started this post before I went to bed on St. Paddy’s Day (Thursday night), and I’m doing some last minute packing of mostly my electronic gear; i.e. cords adapters, meds…

Steve UnoMarch 18, 2022March 18, 2022 California, Canada, Car rental, COVID, Cruise Ports, Cruises, Florida, Friends, Ft Lauderdale, Hotels, Hyatt, Hyatt Place, LAX, Luggage, Orlando, Packing, Panama Canal, Port of Calls, Princess Cruises, Retirement, Reunion trip, Sanford Orlando Airport (SFB), Sea Days, Ships, St Patrick's Day No Comments

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Platypus Wine Tours thru Sonoma

Our fourth and last Platypus tour of this trip, was a Platypus Tour to three wineries in Sonoma, but closer to town (and our hotel) than the previous one we had taken up past Healdsburg and to the Russian River…

Steve UnoFebruary 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Boutique Inns and Hotels, California, Dogs, Lunch, Platypus Wine Tours, Tours, wineries, Wines No Comments

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Bye to Napa. Hello Sonoma!

After a wonderful 5 night stay in Napa, it was time to move on to nearby Sonoma for another four night stay. But first, we had a couple errands to do before leaving. The first was picking up our laundry…

Steve UnoFebruary 24, 2022February 24, 2022 Balcony, Boutique Inns and Hotels, Cabarnet, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Castles, Food and Wine dinner, gift shops, Hotels, Pizza, Sonoma, wineries No Comments

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Exploring Napa on our Own: Charles Krug and V. Sattui

As Steve (DOS) and I were in Napa for 5 days, we had a couple “free days” where we weren’t taking a wine tour with Platypus, which allowed us to go to a couple wineries and lunches on our own.…

Steve UnoFebruary 23, 2022February 23, 2022 Amtrak, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Food and Wine dinner, Iconic Wines, Landscaping, Lunch, Malbec, Marriott, Marriott Hotels, Napa Valley, Restaurants, Trains, wineries, Wines No Comments

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All Aboard The California Zephyr!

Friday Feb 3, 2020 Steve (DOS) and I are currently on the California Zephyr, Amtrak’s cross-country train which travels from Chicago to Emeryville, California. We left yesterday from Union Station in Chicago, and are currently going thru the beautiful Colorado…

Steve UnoFebruary 8, 2022February 8, 2022 Amtrak, California, Colorado, COVID, Dinner with a View, Food and Wine dinner, Hotels, Hyatt House, Luggage, Mountains, Napa Valley, Packing, Photos, SNOW, Sunrise, sunsets, Trains, Travel tips, Trees, Tunnels No Comments

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Party week in San Diego

It’s Thursday night as I write this, and am packing up and heading home to get some sleep before taking my early 6:20am flight in the morning to Phoenix and connecting to Orlando at 8:55am. I’ve been in San Diego…

Steve UnoApril 15, 2017January 14, 2018 Airports, Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Flights in 2017, Friends, gift shops, Hilton Garden Inn, Hotels, Jet Blue, Packing, Pilot, Restaurants, San Diego, Terrace, United Airlines, Wines No Comments

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A truly Happy Day in Happy Canyon!

In my last post, we had just started our wine touring journey around Santa Barbara in a brand new Tesla, as part of Sustainable Vine Wine Tours. Now that we have introduced the car, we’re visiting three fabulous boutique and…

Steve UnoFebruary 1, 2017January 15, 2018 California, Mountains, Pool, Santa Barbara Wineries, Scenic drives, Tesla, wineries, Wines 1 Comment

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Wine touring around Santa Barbara in a Tesla!

We woke up early Saturday morning as expected due to the 3 hour time change from the East Coast. We got to our hotel, the Fess Parker Doubletree in Santa Barbara around 10pm last night, and as we got in…

Steve UnoJanuary 27, 2017January 14, 2018 Balcony, beaches, Breakfast, California, Chile, Doubletree Hotels, Grand Hotels, Hilton, Hilton Diamond, Hotels, Mountains, Restaurants, Tours, Way-Cation, wineries, Winter 2 Comments

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Way-cation Weekend in Santa Barbara

Today on this Inauguration Day Friday January 20th, I flew from Philadelphia back to Orlando as our 45th President, Donald Trump was being sworn in. I saw some of the pre-Inauguration ceremonies on TV while waiting for my flight in…

Steve UnoJanuary 22, 2017January 15, 2018 Admirals Club, Airport Clubs, Airports, American Airlines, California, Flights in 2017, Jumbo jets, Philadelphia, Uncategorized, Way-Cation 2 Comments

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