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We started our drive to South Lake Tahoe on Friday evening to get an early start on the activities at Lake Tahoe (which can get rather crowded later in the day). Although there was some traffic on US-50, the drive was uneventful. We arrived at our 968 Park Hotel around 11:45 p.m. (as expected). Overall, the drive took about 3 3/4 hours - long but…
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Today, we attended a performance of Dartmouth Middle School's Spring Concert - the last concert before the end of the school year. Alex plays trumpet in the Beginning Band, and we were eager to observe his performance. Let's hope all of those additional private lessons paid off!. . The Jazz Band started the concert with "What Makes Your Beautiful," arranged by John Berry.. . .…
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Today, we saw the play "One Man, Two Guvnors" at the Berkeley Repertory Theater. The play was adapted by Richard Bean and was based on Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
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Our flight to Stockholm Skavsta Airport on Ryanair was a bit complicated. We had a scheduled departure from Bergamo (BGY) airport at 20:50. Unlike other airlines, Ryanair charges extra for printing airline tickets and additional bags. Each bag is weighed, and additional charges apply for anything over 15 kg. Inna and I spent some time packing and repacking to get our weight close to 15kg…
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We arrived at Venice's San Lucia train station (on the island) from Bologna at around 1:10 p.m. Once there, we purchased a 3-day Waterbus ticket for each of us ($40/ticket) to use public transportation in Venice, Murano, and Burano.. . I did not realize it at the time, but a machine sold those tickets next to the agent, and I could have purchased the exact…
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Thank you, Rick Steves, for keeping tourists away from Bologna! . . . We like it hidden and unique (and not overrun by mobs of tourists). We came to Bologna for one primary reason - it is supposed to be the culinary capital of Italy (but don't tell anyone).. . We arrived at Bologna's central train station on time, at 1:15 p.m., from Milano Centrale…
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"Buongiorno," do you have any warm jackets for sale? All I had was my red raincoat, and I was freezing. Italy was not supposed to be this cold! I was in the little town of Bellagio on the beautiful Lake Como, and all I could think about was finding a place to warm up.. . I packed enough for my Italian trip but forgot to…
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We flew out on Norwegian Airlines flight DY7068 at 8:00 p.m. PST from Oakland Airport to Stockholm, Sweden, as the first part of our Italian vacation.. . Norwegian Airlines used the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and it was a pleasure to fly on a modern jetliner with comfortable seats and an Android entertainment system. Norwegian Airlines is an à la carte airline, so all food or…
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To celebrate Inna's birthday, I've been trying to set up a dinner at one of our favorite local restaurants for the past few weeks. Unfortunately, Alex came down with pneumonia, and we had to reschedule her birthday dinner multiple times.. . We were finally able to enjoy the food and hospitality of The Plumed Horse in Saratoga. The Plumed Horse is a Michelin 1-star restaurant…
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I got up at around 6:00 a.m. for the long drive to North Lake Tahoe. I took I-680 North to I-80 East. There was little traffic in the morning, and I arrived at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort at around 9:30 a.m.. . I parked at the Village Gondola and changed into my snowboarding outfit. I rode the village gondola to the Village Lodge. It's a…
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