A week long travel conference for the North American Travel Association brought me to New Mexico for the first time in 10 years. The population is under two million but is the fifth largest state in area. I had convinced …
A Food Lover’s Brazil
Often photographed, the Copacabana in Rio has become the most instantly recognizable beach in the world. For many, this city within a city of shops, nightclubs, restaurants, theaters, and beach, is Rio. Although a little aged and somewhat tawdry from …
Moosing Around in Sweden by Bonnie and Bill Neely
On our visit to Ostersund, Sweden, we experienced a extraordinary treat when Ostersund’s tourism office arranged for us to visit a Swede by the name of Sunne Haggmark, who won the Sweden Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2001. Moose …
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The Monk From Brooklyn at the Shaolin Temple by Antonio Graceffo
Deng Feng Village, Shaolin Temple: I stared out the window of the taxi, and took in the sights of the rural Chinese countryside. For hours I saw nothing but primitive houses, mud and brick huts, and people toiling in …
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SENIOR ADVENTURE WEEKEND by Ron Kapon
I was recently invited to a wedding in the Finger Lakes wine country of upstate New York (also the ceremony takes place at a winery). This 70 year old former athlete runs the wine program at a university, writes about …
Tacoma Washington Reinvents Itself by Bonnie and Bill Neely
We were in Tacoma Washington, just a few miles South of Seattle, in 1997 and it was not much of a destination town; however we stayed there because the accommodations were less expensive than Seattle and it was closer to …
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A Grand Baja Resort & Spa
Grand Baja Resort & Spa, Los CabosTaking the all-suite concept of lodging to the next level is the plan for the Grand Baja Resort and Spa in Los Cabos. The anticipation a traveler feels when leaving a hotel front desk …
Chatanooga Choo-Choo Hotel by Karen Hamlin
Chattanooga’s proudest accomplishment is that it pulled itself up from the embarrassing label of America’s dirtiest city in 1969 to the list of Top Ten Best Cities in the US today. Indeed, it is truly a beautiful city. However, determination, …
Munich’s Historic Torbrau Hotel
We finally arrived at our hotel in Munich. Driving for the first time into this busy city, our final turn was the wrong way on a curved, one way street, and we met another car head-on, which, thankfully, was slow …
Niagara Falls, Orchards & Wineries
When you think of Niagara Falls what comes to mind? The water of course, the Maid of the Mist, over the falls in a barrel, marriage and honeymoons. It has been 30 years since I last visited the New York …
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