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I have read so many travel pieces over the years that have suggested that one monument or another is not “worth it” due to the access, the cost, the crowds and so on. Here is why monuments or major …
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The crystalline waters of Isola d’Elba and the blue and white billowing umbrellas of the Tuscan coastal towns will remain images from travel posters, for now. Because we are traveling …
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I will never forget foraging through the woods on our honeymoon, looking for our lost hotel in the Italian countryside, with hundreds of pounds of luggage, knocking us this way and that. I swore, at …
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In our slow travel across Italy, I have noticed some distinct differences in the real estate culture here and in the United States. After thinking about it for a while and discussing these …
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Prior to having a family, my husband and I were both high school teachers. We spent countless hours trying to bring the world into our classrooms. As a Special Education teacher, Ron would wander the …
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“If you run away, you take yourself with you.” I heard it a hundred times growing up. It was sound advice, but still I ran. I ran to Australia as an exchange student and I spent a year a hemisphere …
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