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Recognize These Hotels?
Haven't had enough Oscar buzz? In honor of this year's Academy Awards, hotel search trivago has put together a collection of seven impressive hotels that served as filming locations for some of your...
View Article5 Bars Where You Should Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day
As we all know Saint Patrick's Day is a huge event in the United States (of course, so is Cinco de Mayo but curiously not so much Bastille Day) and throughout the country revelers will be storming any...
View ArticleFreedom From Slavery Came Early in an Unexpected Country -- Dubrovnik, Croatia
The history of black people in the United States has been brutal and traumatic and continues to affect our country today. Lots of deserved recognition and an Oscar for the film 12 Years and A Slave...
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5 Places to Fall in Love in Paris
Oh, the city of lights. For centuries, Paris has enticed poets, artists, and lovers with its cobbled streets, cafe culture, and romantic views. Our love affair with the city runs deep, and we've...
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Learn, Dance and Have Fun in Colombia's Caribbean Museum
Memo to first-time visitors to Colombia, especially if you're heading to the pristine beaches, old-world colonial cities, jungles, deserts, eco-parks and diving meccas along the country's Caribbean...
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What's New in France in 2014
As part of our annual guidebook updating process, we assemble a series of "what's new" articles for each region in Europe. This is the second in a series of these articles I'm posting to Huffington....
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21 Reasons to Finally Take that Trip to Italy
"I never saw Venice" is a classic last-words cliche for a reason: most would love to visit Italy but very few end up going. Well, now's the time to start thinking about that summer vacation and we've...
View ArticleThe 21 New York Restaurants I'll Miss The Most When I Move To LA
Last summer, I wrote an essay arguing that LA's restaurant scene is more exciting than New York's. During a heated HuffPost Live discussion about my thesis a few days later, my colleague Rebecca...
View ArticleCruise Trends and Deals for 2014!
2014 is already shaping-up to be a better year for both cruise passengers and cruise lines than 2013. With Carnival Triumph in the rear-view mirror, almost out-of-sight, Carnival Cruise Lines,...
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The Magic of Seaside Resorts in the Off Season
I was laying on the beach after a nice swim and was reading a book trying to get some tan. But I wasn't relaxed like the rest. I was wishing for a little less people, more refreshing sea and a few...
View ArticleA Landlubber's Galápagos Island Travel Journal
Here's the first and maybe most important thing you need to know as you're deciding how to travel to the Galápagos Islands: They are wayyyy bigger than they look on a satellite map. Those 20 random...
View ArticleHow to Fit a Disney & Orlando Trip into a Budget
This year prices are going up again for popular Orlando attractions. This will turn some folks off, but for those for whom Disney or Universal is a rite of passage or a treasured family vacation, here...
View ArticleSo Much Stuff
If you've been consistently reading my blogs, you've been part of the intense and ever changing journey that has been my life for the past few years. Waking up. Getting off of anti-anxiety meds. Living...
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Spring into "ARTiculture" at the Philadelphia Flower Show!
Artists and gardeners belong together like a painting belongs in a frame, and this year the Philadelphia Flower Show is showcasing just how close the two can be. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society...
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Kasparov in Zadar
Mrs. Kudrun was excited. The petite, middle-aged director of the Hotel Kolovare in Zadar pulled me aside. "Sprov! Chisspipple!" she hissed, pointing to a group of smartly-dressed gentlemen that were...
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7 Rookie Mistakes of First-Time Cruisers
Make sure your suitcases are shallow enough (or soft enough) to stash under the bed. Photo by Fuse / Thinkstock If you’re new to cruising, don’t fall prey to these potential pitfalls. Here are the top...
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Five Travel Destinations From This Year's Oscar Hits
Oscar nominated and Oscar winning actors, writers, directors, technicians, and other artists are riding high on waves of praise right now following the 86th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday. What is...
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The Exceptional Traveler: Travel on $1200 a Month! Part II
"Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." -- Miriam Beard Palma, Mallorca The response to my last post, "Travel On $1200 a...
View ArticleThe Airplane Smells Like Farts... And 4 Other Travel Annoyances
With the crazy expensive cost of flying these days one would think that you would have a pleasant, even 5 star experience traveling the friendly skies. But, if you're like most people, you're shelling...
View ArticleWill Carnival's Passengers Triumph in Court?
Dozens of the passengers who were aboard Carnival Cruise Line's Triumph last year when a fire left the ship disabled and adrift in the Gulf of Mexico without electricity and toilets have sued Carnival...
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