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Forget Amsterdam - Let Windmills Be On Your Mind in This Dutch City
Amsterdam is worth visiting but it is in this Dutch community where you can actually relax on your vacation.
elleno1962
Dec 27, 20235 min read
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Rocky Mountain National Park - Easy Trip Planning Tips
By July 2021, traveling during the pandemic seemed more manageable. Covid vaccinations were becoming increasingly available to the...
elleno1962
Dec 18, 20233 min read
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You Can Pole Dance in Your New Boots Here
Nashville offers you beauty, great food, and the perfect outlet to express yourself.
elleno1962
Dec 10, 20232 min read
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What To Do in Santa Fe As Travel Renegades
Before the pandemic absolutely wrecked havoc with travel plans in no 2020, I reserved a 3 bedroom luxury adobe style home through VRBO...
elleno1962
Dec 2, 20234 min read
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Get Nibbled at Omni's Homestead Resort
* Click directly on underlined features for more information By late summer of 2020, there appeared to be a new order for travelers; mask...
elleno1962
Nov 22, 20232 min read
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Your Airbnb - Is Someone Listening or Watching You?
Staying in a Louisville Airbnb in 2020 made me aware of potential spyware found in future rentals.
elleno1962
Nov 15, 20233 min read
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Glacier National Park and Whitefish, Montana - Let Amtrak Get You There
I highly recommend visiting Whitefish, Montana and nearby Glacier National Park via Amtrak. Just don't forget your bear spray.
elleno1962
Nov 7, 20234 min read
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Chicago - August 2020; Would a Pandemic and Looting Stop Amtrak?
March 2020 brought madness unrelated to college basketball. The year also brought chaos, death, uncertainty, and travel nightmares.
elleno1962
Oct 29, 20234 min read
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Why You Must Visit Cabo San Lucas
I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Cabo San Lucas twice. Pete and I were first there in December, 2013 as guests of our friends Susan...
elleno1962
Oct 21, 20233 min read
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It’s Almost Time for the Big Giveaway!
In deep appreciation of your wonderful support, I will hold a drawing for this leather handcrafted weekender bag on Oct 31st at 10 am...
elleno1962
Oct 17, 20231 min read
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Seeing New Zealand with Cunard - Worth It?
I consider Philadelphia a wonderful city to live near, except maybe during the months of January, February—-and March. April can be a...
elleno1962
Oct 14, 20236 min read
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Puerto Rico, Literally Rolling in the Deep
After a wild and crazy long weekend spent in Key West, Florida in 2015, friends Donna and Beth, agreed to another girls trip in November...
elleno1962
Oct 7, 20234 min read
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Prague and Budapest - Don't Visit Without This
After safely returning to Prague from Karlovy Vary by bus,husband Pete, son Henrik and I took on Prague, Czechoslovkia. You can't go...
elleno1962
Sep 26, 20234 min read
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Visiting the Hotel Pupp - Daniel Craig and Queen Latifah Made Me Do It
Karlovy Vary - Not your average Czech Town
elleno1962
Sep 18, 20237 min read
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Is Mackinac Island Worth Visiting? You Bet!
Visiting Mackinac (pronounced “Mac-in-aw”) Island should be on everyone’s bucket list.
elleno1962
Sep 11, 20233 min read
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Acadia National Park, Maine's playground for all ages
Exploring Acadia National Park is perfect for adventurers of all ages, whether you approach by land or sea.
elleno1962
Sep 4, 20233 min read
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Cruising the Society Islands with Paul Gauguin - Fulfilling a Price is Right Dream
Blog note: Click on any underlined feature to go directly to that website Fridge Magnet for a Cruise of a Lifetime Who remembers "The...
elleno1962
Aug 27, 20234 min read
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New Orleans, The Pontchartrain and Death of a House
New Orleans = celebration. Unfortunately, in Feb 2019, a birthday coincided with the death of a famous New Orleans most famous mansion.
elleno1962
Aug 18, 20234 min read
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Topsail or Topsill???
Topsail Beach survived Hurricane Florence and is the perfect spot for a girls getaway.
elleno1962
Aug 10, 20233 min read
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Vienna to Delft and The Spy I Loved
Once in Europe, why not go big or go home? I chose to add on two more destinations after finishing our circuitous train ride through...
elleno1962
Jul 30, 20234 min read
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Magnets of Adventure
Trip Tips and Planning Made Easy
ellesntravelmagnets blog began as a respite from ongoing Covid travel restrictions in the summer of 2022. Written in chronological order, each week you can learn about a destination along with travel tips and lessons learned sometimes the hard way. The purpose? To inspire you to create your own adventures. The world is essentially open again - get out there!
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