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The R&J Journal
From Palm Springs to the Danube and back — where to eat, what to see, and what's actually worth the trip. A decade of notes from two people who can't sit still.
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Notes from the road — where we stayed, what we'd do again, and the details worth knowing before you go.
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Barcelona, Spain
A week in a Modernist apartment near Sant Pau, walking the Gothic Quarter and eating late like the locals. Gaudí's basilica, the Boqueria at breakfast, and the Mediterranean a short stroll from the city's noise — plus the booking tips we wish we'd known first.
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