Travels
November 2017 sponsored by: Amercian Express
The Road to Mandalay
Myanmar River Cruise
By: Bruce Northam
A river cruise through Myanmar’s countryside reveals breathtaking Buddhist temples and other signs of a well-preserved culture. My first visit to Myanmar was a freestyle kayaking drift with the nomadic sea gypsies in ....
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Ireland's
Wild Atlantic Way
By: Barbara Barton Sloane
“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came.” –John F. Kennedy
Wild. Wild? Not a word you’d typically associate ....
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Royal Caribbean
Alaskan Cruise
By: Will McGough
This winter, Rhapsody of the Seas spent a month (and $54 million) at a dry dock to undergo a makeover and some on-board improvements. In May, I had the opportunity to set out on its second sail of the season to Alaska from Seat ....
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Hilton Key Largo Resort
Florida Keys
By: Charles Greenfield
As a Miami kid my family used to drive along the treacherous, swampy 20-mile stretch between Florida City and Key Largo (now wider!), cavort, swim and fish at Harry Harris Park near Tavernier, and gobble down fresh fried ....
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Viking River Cruises
Amsterdam
By: Barbara Barton Sloane
Biking, busing, tramming or hoofing it, Amsterdam is a city easy to get around. It has beauty, charm, and hundreds of canals connected by 500 pretty bridges - and flowers everywhere! These 17th century canals enjoy the ho ....
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The J House Restaurant
Greenwich, CT
By: Leslie Singer
J is the tenth letter of the alphabet, but when you walk into this hotel restaurant, it has clearly been elevated to number-one.
Upon entering this Zen oasis located on the Post Road and I-95, you are transport ....
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October 2017 sponsored by: Jet Blue
Mundaka Restaurant
Carmel, CA
By: Chuck Taylor
Carmel is an eclectic little village that encompasses about a square mile. It is known for it’s artistic community, art galleries, boutiques, restaurants and interesting people.
A LITTLE COLOR
Gabe Georis greeted us ....
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Copernicus's Crib
Tourin, Polland
By: John M. Edwards
Here is a question nobody, not even Steven Hawking (A Brief History of Time) nor Erich von Daniken (Chariots of the Gods), can answer: How large is the universe? How can it be infinite if it is at the same time also “expa ....
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