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Sancerres at Sunset
Sancerres at Sunset
food and travel for history and culture buffs

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A Day on Saint Kitts

A Day on Saint Kitts

byLeslie Carbone February 18, 2023January 16, 2024

The bus rolled higher and higher on the left side of the narrow hilly road.  The blue Caribbean Sea sparkled below. This…

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A Day at Martinique

A Day at Martinique

byLeslie Carbone February 11, 2023July 30, 2024

The deadliest volcano eruptions in Caribbean history began in the spring of 1902. This post contains affiliate links.  For more information, click here….

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A Day in Bridgetown, Barbados

A Day in Bridgetown, Barbados

byLeslie Carbone February 6, 2023June 4, 2024

You don’t often see green monkeys. This post contains affiliate links.  For more information, click here. The unusual species first travelled to Barbados…

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A Day at Saint Lucia

A Day at Saint Lucia

byLeslie Carbone February 2, 2023September 26, 2024

The breeze blew through my hair as I sipped rum punch at the stern of the small cabin cruiser zipping across the…

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Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam

Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam

byLeslie Carbone January 28, 2023December 5, 2024

Imagine:  You’re standing on deck, sipping wine, with the cool breeze blowing across your face.  You’re passing by majestic mountains, watching graceful…

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Set Sail in Style, on a Caribbean cruise from Fort Lauderdale

Set Sail in Style, on a Caribbean cruise from Fort Lauderdale

byLeslie Carbone January 21, 2023December 19, 2024

There’s nothing quite like that moment when your cruise ship begins her voyage — and your vacation. Her horn blares.  Slowly she…

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Day Trips from Las Vegas

Day Trips from Las Vegas

byLeslie Carbone January 7, 2023May 24, 2024

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but you don’t have to.  When you’re ready for a break from (over-)indulging in the…

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Top 8 Destinations for Screen Travel

Top 8 Destinations for Screen Travel

byLeslie Carbone December 10, 2022January 16, 2024

More and more people are planning travel around their favorite movies and television shows, according to photo app PhotoAid. This post contains…

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Things to Do in Colonial Williamsburg

Things to Do in Colonial Williamsburg

byLeslie Carbone July 30, 2022January 27, 2024

Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia continues to move back toward the robust programming that made the world’s largest living history museum such a…

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24 Hours in New Orleans

24 Hours in New Orleans

byLeslie Carbone July 23, 2022April 27, 2024

New Orleans, Louisiana, is one of the world’s most unique cities. That honor comes thanks to its French predominance, its meld of…

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13 Things to do in Salem, Massachusetts

13 Things to do in Salem, Massachusetts

byLeslie Carbone July 18, 2022November 15, 2024

Salem, Massachusetts, is most (in)famous for the witch hysteria that began in 1692.  And that’s a shame, because Salem was a major…

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10 Most Fun States in America

10 Most Fun States in America

byLeslie Carbone June 30, 2022August 26, 2023

The personal-finance site WalletHub recently ranked all 50 states by 26 fun factors, ranging from casinos per capita to time of last…

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Leslie Carbone

Welcome to Sancerres at Sunset! I fell in love with travel during a trip to Mexico when I was nine years old. Now I enjoy helping other history buffs plan fun and fascinating journeys. If you love to escape into the past when you travel, you're in the right place. Welcome!

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