Rome is an overwhelming city: layer on layer, history on history. To sort through it would take a lifetime and I’ve started too late. The advantage of the tourist is ... Read more
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Travelling Solo In Sarajevo, Bosnia
Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, is a city on the Balkan peninsula, still visibly recovering from the longest siege in modern European history, which began 20 years ago this month. It ... Read more
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Visit Guérande, France
I am in Guérande, France, a charming, walled, medieval village near the Atlantic coast. The town is the stuff of fairy tales, dreamlike, really. It is the kind of French village I always hope I’ll luck into.
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Travel Tips for Italy: 8 Lessons learned from a Minor Injury
Sometimes there are just things, albeit unofficial, that you should just know. That’s why I’m telling you all about my non-medical travel tips for Italy…that I learned from a minor ... Read more
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Travel Expectations and Finding the Silver Lining
I’m sure that every one who loves to travel the world has at least once experienced a moment of disappointment. You have chosen a destination because of the beautiful or interesting things you have heard or seen in pictures; you get there and all you think is: oh my God,…
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The Street Food of Athens, Greece
... under the looming gaze of the Parthenon, lies the Monastiraki section of the city. Take a stroll through this bustling neighborhood where vendors sell fish, meat and vegetables alongside more touristy fare of T-shirts, worry beads and replicas of ancient vases, and you'll come across one of my all-time…
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The Hiding Place: Haarlem, The Netherlands
In 1940 the Nazi’s invaded Holland and before long were rounding up Jews and political dissidents, sending them off to prisons, concentration camps and forced labor. In a tall, narrow home just steps away from the Grote Markt, an elderly clock maker and his two unmarried, middle-aged daughters put plans…
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Café Gourmand: The Paris Secret to Desserts and Waistlines
In deference to my jeans, which I’d prefer to continue wearing, I don’t order dessert all that often anymore, with one small exception: the café gourmand.
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Cortona For The Tuscan Food And Wine Lover
The first thing I think of when Italy comes to mind is food - well, food and wine. Our most recent trip to Cortona, Italy, proved to be more wonderful and delicious than I could have ever imagined. We stayed less than five minutes from the main village at the…