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THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE AREN\'T THINGS
Together we visit:
Cartagena, Columbia in South America . . .
Florence + Siena in Italy . . .
Australia, including Sydney, Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef , the Hunter Vallley wine Region . . .
Cuba, Havan and Jibacoa
Holland, including Appeldoorn, Amsterdam, Leiden etc . . .
France, Paris, Nice, Arles and all over the Southern Provence area. . .
and of course
Canada\'s great northern \"cottage country\"
Enjoy this Good Life with me!
NAVIGATION:
• click the feather/pen logo at the right of this page to go to the places described above
• click the NAME location at the bottom of each page to go there
• the \"Back\" button on your browser will always work
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