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Quarteira ......Why Not!

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Was needing a place to spend Thanksgiving so through a dart and it landed on Quarteira, why not, warm, on the ocean and not much rain. I am in. Lots of sun and beach. Studying for the UK test. Finished the trip with a walk on the beach. Ready for the test. 

Ionian Sea

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                   Greece Like you have never seen it before! Our daily schedule was so relaxed, stress seemed to float away. Up early to watch the sunrise over the majestic mountains of |the Ionian Sea.                                           Yogurt and fruit for breakfast with a coo off swim.                                 Then power to a secluded beach/island preferably with a Tiki Bar.                                     Bortoletto /Lockwood Greek salad with the real Italian seasoning.   Then we would wait for the wind to come up around 3 and have a great sail to the next taverna.  ...

Normandy

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 Operation Overlord  We planted an American flag on the beach. We landed at Normandy at sun rise. We had a much more comfortable landing exiting the landing craft than they did on D Day. Nice comfortable ferry. Left at midnight and landed a 7:00.                                                  Omaha Beach, American Memorial                   We rented a car and headed to Juno Beach which is the Canadian landing beach. We stayed in a lovely Air B&B at Courseulles- sur-Mer  on the beach with a sunset/sunrise view.   We visited most of the D-Day landing beaches. Each had memorials and museums for each country that participated. The Canadian had an Imax which you entered a landing craft and the movie above showed what it looked like if you were landing on ...