Surprise : Radovljica, Slovenia
EUROPE, TOWN, COUNTRY IN THE MOOD : SUMMERTIME IN RADOVLJICA, SLOVENIA . One word to describe Slovenia? Surprise. Take the small town of Radovljica, near Lake...
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Summertime in the Dordogne
EUROPE, COUNTRY, FRANCE SUMMERTIME IN THE DORDOGNE . July is for the Dordogne. I wish I could save one week for this marvelous green patch of Southern...
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Winter Holidays in Scotland
EUROPE, COUNTRY, SCOTLAND WINTER HOLIDAYS IN SCOTLAND . Winter holidays in Scotland? Friends thought I was crazy (it wouldn’t be the first time) but I...
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ravello, positano, amalfi coast
SOUTHERN ITALY, MEDITERRANEAN, FOOD ITALY: RAVELLO, POSITANO & THE AMALFI COAST . The first time I saw images of the Amalfi Coast was more than 20 years...
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Flam, Norway
FLAM AND THE FJORDS OF NORWAY IN WINTER In the summertime, Flåm’s population swells from a couple hundred to hundreds of thousands. I can’t...
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Walk in the Pyrenees
CATALONIA, COUNTRY, FAMILY A WALK IN THE SPANISH PYRENEES . We spent an autumn weekend walking in the Spanish Pyrenees. I can’t imagine a better to...
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A Year in Mallorca
MEDITERRANEAN LIFE, SPAIN, COUNTRY HOME ON THE ISLAND OF MALLORCA . My friends who have watched me pack up and leave our home have been asking “Won’t...
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Norway in winter
WINTER JOURNEY INTO NORWAY “Fjord”. It’s a word that screams Norway, and has always run deep in my imagination. Two of the world’s most spectacular train...
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Douro Valley, Portugal
EUROPE, PORTUGAL, COUNTRY, WINE THE DOURO VALLEY : PORTUGAL’S WORLD HERITAGE WINE COUNTRY We dipped down into Portugal’s Douro Valley on a late...
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Planning a trip to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam…?
Q & A : SAFFRON TRAVEL Doan Huy Long lives in Ho Chi Minh City and manages Saffron Travel, a full service Boutique Travel Agency that organizes...
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San Francisco Day Trip : Bolinas!
BEAUTIFUL BOLINAS, CALIFORNIA. Bolinas is a small Northern California town, nestled in the hills where the Bolinas Lagoon meets the Pacific Ocean. It’s...
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Martha’s Vineyard
MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS I am fortunate to have wonderful friends who invite my family to visit year after year. Thank you friends! Summer days...
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into the Everglades, Florida
THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES From Pamela in The Everglades. Pamela and I share a love of the outdoors. She has taken her kids to great cities all over the...
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