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Sophia Kulich of Sophia's Travel in Palm Habor, FL (www.sophiastravel.com) is delighted to announce that her agency is a 2016 Gold Travvy Award Winner! Sophia's Travel won the coveted Gold "Oscar of the Travel Industry" as Best Small Retail Travel Agency Worldwide! ABOUT THE TRAVVY AWARDS The annual Travvy Awards, presented by travAlliancemedia, recognize the highest standards of…...

It is March 2017. Low season on Lake Como. I've been fortunate to spend 2 nights at this fabulous hotel. Located on the shore of Lake Como, the Northern Italy, Lombardy, at footsteps of the Alps. Or Pre-Alps? It took more than 1 hour to arrive from Milano Linate Airport (Malpensa is closer). While we…...

Georgia – Armenia trip report In May 2017, I lead a group to The Republic of Georgia and Armenia. Some of the group members had traveled with me previously and enjoyed our intimate, like-minded group and in-depth experience-focused travel. They encouraged me to form a kind of “Facebook-based travel club,” so they could easily find…...

Abano Terme spa I recently returned from Grand Abano hotel, Abano Terme. It was my second visit there. First time I stayed in November 2016 at Abano Grand Hotel. I came after busy business meeting in Venice and continued to tradeshow in Cannes so I needed to recharge few days somewhere. Abano Grand hotel was…...

This is the report of 2019 Schleppers club trip to Central Asia – Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Some of the group members had traveled with me previously and enjoyed our intimate, like-minded group and in-depth experience-focused travel. They encouraged me to form a kind of “Facebook-based travel club,” so they could easily find out about future…...

October, 2012 Day 1, October 8. France is one of my specialty destinations and I’ve been many times in South of France and Spain but somehow I never got to see Montpelier and Languedoc-Rossilion area – Mediterranean Southern France between Marseilles and Spain. Opportunity came up when I completed Languedoc – Roussillon study and needed…...

WALES 2014 Day 1, October 14, Amsterdam – Cardiff We had an easy 75 min flight to from Amsterdam to Cardiff, Wales. Welcome to Wales, Croeso i Gymru! We took an airport bus which took us right to the front door of our hotel, Radisson Blu in town center. We arrived before check in so we…...