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  Belle Photo Essays

  Visiting Aventine Hill, Rome

  May 28, 2012 - By Judith Works

  My favorite hill of the famous seven in Rome is the Aventine, set between the Tiber, Testaccio quarter and the Circus Maximus. A walk there is a lovely way to ... Read more

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  Belles on Location

  Pitcairn Island Comes Aboard a Cruise Ship

  April 3, 2012 - By Judith Works

  We clustered in the cruise ship’s bow, each one trying to be the first to spot Pitcairn Island in hazy morning sun. A tiny bump on the horizon finally appeared. ... Read more

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  Belles on Location

  Christmas in Rome (Italian Traditions from an American living in Rome)

  December 19, 2012 - By Judith Works

  Memories of Christmas traditions in Italy from an American living in Rome When I’m shopping in Seattle in mid-October and the red poinsettias in their foil-covered pots are already on ... Read more

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  Food, Wine and other Beverages

  Volpetti, a Roman Temple of Gastronomy

  November 9, 2012 - By Judith Works

  The food in Rome is a slice of this, that and heaven Rome has St. Peters, the Vatican Museums and the Borghese Gallery. But it also has that temple of ... Read more

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  Belles on Location

  Visiting Venice and Venetian Dreams

  February 1, 2012 - By Judith Works

  Visiting Venice: old friends reunite to experience a favorite city’s sights, sounds and flavors side by side My friend Elizabeth flew into Venice from Paris for our reunion. We hadn’t ... Read more

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  Portrait of a Belle

  Meet Travel Belles’ Associate Editor, Briana Palma

  September 3, 2012 - By Judith Works

  Judith Work's first question was: “Why are we talking in Dublin instead of your hometown, Boston?"

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  Belles on Location

  Japan: The Island of Miyajima

  May 28, 2013 - By Judith Works

  The ferry that leaves from a little port thirty minutes north of Hiroshima transports passengers to another dimension where the city’s memorials to World War II will be left far behind.

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  The Scent of Cloves

  November 22, 2011 - By Judith Works

  A visit to the wholly unfamiliar local of Zanzibar, Tanzania, is anchored in what is known as the most memorable of the senses The rain had stopped. We waited by ... Read more

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  Belles on Location

  Daytrip from Seattle to Vashon Island

  June 28, 2013 - By Judith Works

  How is it possible to resist celebrating the summer solstice on an island that the New York Times described as “Mayberry Meets Burning Man”? A place where sheep dog trials compete with opera productions, and art galleries thrive alongside the annual Strawberry Festival parade with the grocery cart drill team…