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Sometimes when I’m traveling I like to just browse around Google Maps to see if anything interesting jumps out at me. When I was in Tokyo for cherry blossom …
Sintra is one of the most popular day trips from Lisbon, and it’s easy to see why. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to the beautiful Sintra-Cascais Natural …
Jonathan Sacks April 22, 2018 Art & Architecture, Culture, Europe, Food, Food & Drink, History, Movies, Television, Music, & Books, Other Drinks, Porto, Portugal, Travel Guides Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling lived in Porto, Portugal during the early 1990s. During this time period, she created an outline of what would eventually become the full set …
Box Elder County fills the expanse of land that is northwestern Utah. Located north of the Great Salt Lake, the county is a crossroads of natural & historic wonders. …
On my second full day in Fukuoka, I decided to take a day trip to Dazaifu, since I’d heard that it was pretty & had some nice shrines & …
Heading to Helsinki, my perception was that the city was fairly large. Perhaps it’s due to my relative familiarity with Finland as a whole compared to other places I …
After almost 24 hours of traveling already and a day layover in New York City, it was finally time for me to board my flight to Europe. I was …
Here are your travel contests for this week. Prizes include an Amtrak trip, plus trips to Australia; California’s Wine Country; Santa Barbara; a Ritz-Carlton hotel; Las Vegas, Nevada; Morocco; …
If you’re going to be in Japan for a week or longer, the Japan Rail Pass is a must-have. The pass is available for 7, 14, or 21 days, …
I started July off in Vancouver, celebrating Canada Day and going to the Women’s World Cup final. Later in the month I went to Lake Tahoe. Here are my …
Following my visits to Monaco, San Marino, and Liechtenstein, I only had one tiny European nation left on my list: Luxembourg. I set off from Zurich on a day-long, …
This part of my trip was comprised of just a couple of nights in each place, so I was off to Zurich, Switzerland the next day. Taking the train …
My first full day in the Alps was spent criss-crossing the border between Italy and Switzerland. The schedule had me checking out a local scenic railway between both countries. …
On my final day in Nice, I walked through the Old Town section of the city. There was a nice farmers market with local cheeses, meat, produce and bread. …
The first time I visited Germany, I was 15. I’d never been away from home before without my parents, much less to another continent. I went with a high …