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Art in Orkney
As they have for nearly everyone, the last 18 or so months have had an unpredictable impact on me.
A homestay visit in Srinagar, India
Some opportunities present themselves once in a lifetime.
Exploring Italy’s Borromean Islands
Guidebooks gush about the legendary beauty of northern Italy’s Lago Maggiore.
Enjoying the planning process — getting ready for that next travel adventure
In pandemic mode, temporarily cut off from our travels, all that we have left to satisfy our adventurous spirits are our memories… and planning for the next trip.
Off to Timbuktu – one of the highlights of a tour of Mali and Burkina Faso
For more than a hundred years, Timbuktu (Tombouctou) has been used as a metaphor for the most isolated place in the world. Unlike the fictional Shangri-la (invented by James Hilton in his novel “Lost Horizon”), however, Timbuktu is a very real place.
Exploring Tunisia and Algeria on an eye-popping North African land tour
I was blissfully ignorant of what my travel future held for me when I boarded a plane in Memphis, Tennessee, on Feb. 15, 2020, headed (via Toronto and Frankfurt) to Tunis, Tunisia. My plan was to spend six days in each of two North African countries, Tunisia and Algeria.