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Egypt 2025

Egypt is a true bucket list destination for many. We’ve always been curious about it yet experiencing it far exceeded our expectations. Our Gate 1 tour led by our 4 year university trained Egyptologist took us on a journey into … Continue reading

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A Rail Tour to the Land of the Midnight Sun

The third leg of our European holiday was a 17 day Great Rail Journeys Grand Scandinavian rail tour to the Arctic Circle and the west coast of Norway ending in Oslo. Our tour began with a guided tour of Stockholm’s … Continue reading

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Prague, Czech Republic

Our European holiday included several days between the end of the Viking Danube River cruise and the Vacations by Rail Arctic Circle Express tour. After all we’d heard about Prague we knew that we had to include a visit. We … Continue reading

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Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon has been called Mexico’s Grand Canyon. Its been on our list for some time so when we learned of a Gate 1 Travel tour, we booked the October 11, 2023 tour. We planned to combine this trip with … Continue reading

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