We just wrapped up our month long trip to Chizu, Japan. Chizu is a small village in the Tottori prefecture known for rice and vegetable agriculture as well as cedar tree forestry. What brought us there you ask? We had just visited Kyoto and were…
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We have friends that live in Manchester and we wanted to stay near them. Rachel’s place worked out so well! The place felt enormous with an eat in kitchen, living room, separate desk area, large bedroom and bathroom. The bedroom was nice and dark at…
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Unfortunately this timeshare didn’t provide a great first impression but it’s worth sticking it out because it ended up being a great stay! The floors were pretty dirty and so was the coffee maker. Our television remote was broken but the maintenance crew promptly replaced…
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Some friends recommended that we visit Sion when traveling from Lago Maggiore in Italy to Torgon, Switzerland. They told us it had history, castles and grapevines, so we were sold on the idea. Having never been to Sion, we didn’t know where to search for…
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After spending a few weeks in another part of Italy, all of the technology at Lily’s place was well appreciated! Her place had an air conditioner, dishwasher, washing machine, electric blinds to darken the bedroom, and a shower with lights and a radio. There were…
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Beautiful views and lots of convenience We came to Aosta Valley to visit a friend of ours who highly recommended La Roche. It was near his house and he’s had many people stay there before. We’d be staying for three weeks so the kitchenette was…
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We took an impromptu trip down to Ojochol over the weekend. The night before we left, we figured we shouldn’t leave our lodging up to chance so we hopped on Booking.com to see what might be available. We were hoping to finally get out to…
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We chose Candlewood Suites in Cleveland for a two night stay. We’d be meeting up with some friends for dinner but the rest of the meals we figured we’d benefit from having a kitchen. It worked out great to have the fridge and two burner…
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On our way back from Monteverde, we were hungry and looking for a beachfront place for some lunch. We stopped at Bowie’s Point for a fish wrap and a burger. Sitting there and gazing out at the Playa Hermosa waves was serene. We were both…
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We were on our way to Monteverde and remembered that a friend of ours was staying in Esterillos. In order to spend some time with him, we searched Booking.com to see what kind of inexpensive lodging might be available around there. That’s when we found…
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