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This new museum is challenging and uplifting. I experienced this museum as a tribute to the irrepressibility of the human spirit. It is powerful. Give yourself time to absorb it. The museum building is unique and the thousands of artifacts,…
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Smart Luggage Features – Game Changers or Gadgets? The old-school, carry-on suitcase has gotten an upgrade from tech savvy entrepreneurs and established brands are racing to catch up. Your carry-on is not just a place to store your clothes anymore;…
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Carol Santora, the tireless traveler and photographer, chronicles her latest trip. We recently returned from a cruise to ‘The Land Down Under’ which included Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. Although we would not rate a gold star to the cruise…
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Anything to make travel with children easy! My daughter and son-in-law have just taken their two young daughters to Australia for a family wedding. Seventeen hours on airplanes was a challenging prospect for all of them. I got them ‘travel…
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Apps suggest adventures so you travel like a local, wherever you go. We are peripatetic in our travel – a few days here, a stop off there. Life is busy and we tend to squeeze in adventures. The challenge is…
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Expand your sense of amazing and strange experiences! If shaking up your usual routines is on your New Year’s Resolutions list for 2017, then check out Atlas Obscura. It is a collaborative project by two curious men to locate ‘undiscovered’…
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Carol Santora reports on another fabulous trip Water water everywhere, but much too hot to drink……The Land of Fire and Ice! We took an “island” tour this summer, part independently and part on a Silverseas Cruise. Beginning in Iceland, we…
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‘Alternative cartography of cities weighted for human emotions’. Our current mapping systems are very good at giving us the shortest route from A to B, alerting us to possible slowdowns along the way, and providing alternate routes that, while possibly…
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Seattle offers mountains, water, views, gardens, wine, seafood… and coffee. I grew up in Seattle and we have an apartment there, near my family. This summer, a number of friends are going to the Northwest on vacation and have asked…
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