Our tour guide in Rome was sadly misinformed. Get this- according to her the ancient Romans didn?t speak English, they spoke Latin! Tsk, tsk, tsk! Silly girl. So, what about Cleopatra?? I asked as we moved amongst the ruined temples, …
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Try Georgia’s Northern Mountains For fun and Excitement
Real mountains in Georgia? Fun and excitement in those magnificent mountains? For first-time or even seasoned travelers, the answer to both questions is a resounding YES. Even for people like us, who live in the rugged regions of the Rockies, …
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The Rebirth of New Orleans, America’s Shame
This is not a political story but a piece about survival and rebirth. Who and what failed can be debated forever. Was it the Federal Government, the Corp of Engineers, state and local governments? maybe all of them? On a …
Copper Canyon: Mexico’s Grand Canyon
If you have wished with all your heart that you could make the arduous hike to see the bottom of the Grand Canyon in Arizona but knew your knees would never make it, and you were afraid to trust your …
Special People Koji Kobayashi: Spreading Peace Through Music by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Koji Kobayashi is a Hiroshima bombing survivor. He was nine years old when he was knocked down right after he entered his school house, which was about two kilometers away from the epicenter. He could see only blinding light at …
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Roughing It In Broken-Down Luxury by Kitty Baker
There’s a story and lesson to be learned from my first RV experience: Twenty years ago, I wanted to sleep beside a rushing mountain stream. I wanted to get a close look at the Grand Canyon and rough it in …
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The Peranakan Experience by Hendson Quan
History has it that 500 young men from China ‘s Fujian Province accompanied princess Hang Li Po in the late 1400’s to what is now Malacca on her journey to wed Sultan Mansur Shah. A popular folk lore in Singapore …
More Than Chocolate and Beer by Amanda Hargraves
Hot on the trail of a mass exodus of caravans from Holland to Belgium we drove to Brussels for a weekend break. We parted from the caravan chain on their way to the Ardennes, to head for the capital city. …
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Find the Best Salsa Teachers in Cuba by Andrew Wang
If you are planning a winter or summer vacation to Cuba, you have to take the opportunity to learn how to salsa dance while you are there. There are so many different qualified instructors you can rely on for proper …
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Bermuda – Another World by Michael Levy
Sometimes, we meet a special person who embodies true wisdom in stature, demeanor, character, spoken words and daily actions. It was my good fortune to meet Mr. Clayton Simmons in Bermuda, on my recent cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Bermuda …
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