In the crystalline lagoon off Mo’orea’s western shore, a Maori fisherman shares with me the craft he learned from his grandfather.
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Three Days on Bermuda
Near the top of Bermuda’s many advantages as a foreign, passport-stamping, beautifully-beached destination is the fact that it’s a mere two-hour flight from several east-coast cities.
Cruising Colorado’s San Juan Skyway in the Time of Corona
I thought that I’d discovered this 233-mile loop in southwest Colorado and, with it, the perfect cure for cabin fever. Turns out, someone else had already discovered it, and it was pretty close to perfect.
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Paris: If You Have Just Twelve Hours, Love Chocolate and Hate Nuance
If you find yourself with a single day in Paris and want to alienate your hoity toity tourism purism friends while offending francophiles the world over, consider this plan.
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The Amtrak Acela from Manhattan to Baltimore Sure Beats Spooning an Ice Pack
Beauty, comfort, quiet and downtown-to-downtown convenience, as well as a wise and witty conductor, made me wonder why I’d considered any other option for this short leg.
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Mmmm Meals: Las Vegas
A brief homage (and perhaps a welcome, rather than tone-deaf, bit of escapism) to the days when Las Vegas was open, and we could eat in restaurants.
Heavenly Naxos
Naxos is the largest of Greek’s myth-drenched Cyclades Islands but not the most famous, its neighbors Santorini and Mykonos, for example, attracting more attention and considerably more traffic. But you’ll be glad if your itinerary, like that of mythical princess Ariadne, brings you here.
Swiss Bliss: An Idyllic Half-Day Downhill Hike Above Lauterbrunnen
This supremely bucolic region is strewn with pathways that guarantee outsize rewards for the effort invested. Channel your Inner Heidi on one such trail that’s low on exertion yet high on verdant meadows, spectacular vistas and happy-cow headcount.
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Spend 24 Hours in the Bluff
About an hour and a half due south of its famous neighbor Moab, (relatively) lightly-trafficked Bluff can serve as your quiet yet fully-stocked base camp for several exceptional excursions doable in an easy and efficient flow.
Quick Tips on Five Baltic-Region Capitals, Part One: How to Get to the Vilnius Paneriai Memorial by Bus
If the raw basement of the Vilnius KGB / Genocide Museum is a place that will hit you in the forehead with a 2×4, Paneriai is a place that lends itself more to quiet contemplation of man’s seemingly boundless capacity for evil.
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