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May 28, 2023June 26, 2023

Latvia beats US to win bronze in world ice hockey championship

"Latvia! Latvia! Latvia!" By chance we are at the Dome Square in the Old Town of Riga as the Latvian national hockey team beats the team from the United States in the world hockey tournament! Even though our team lost we were delighted to be part of this excited crowd! Check out our video: https://youtu.be/Ynkyd4PSj0k

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March 22, 2023May 22, 2023

Passage through Patagonia: breathtaking sights from a special tour

Patagonia is one of the most dramatically beautiful places on earth.

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March 8, 2023May 21, 2023

Encountering Crime in Chile: A Lesson Re-Learned

It was bound to happen sooner or later. In our case, it was later. After decades of safe international travel to more than 70 countries, we had a violent encounter. Walking down a sunny street in Santiago, Chile, mid-day in a nice neighborhood, we felt safe. Big mistake. And we should have known better. I …

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September 24, 2022September 24, 2022

Feeling a Little Fuel-less: How NOT to see Croatia

This PROBABLY could have happened anywhere, but it left us with a clear new first-order-of-business action when entering a taxi/Uber/Lyft/private car: CHECK THE GAS TANK LEVEL. Stunning Dubrovnik, Croatia, was a can’t-miss for our friends who had never been. We made it a priority. So after deboarding our yacht north of Split, the six of …

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June 23, 2019January 17, 2020

Goodbye to a Culinary Legend at a Landmark New Orleans Restaurant

Five days before Christmas 2018, Leah Chase grasped my hands between her warm, papery palms. Her long fingers, steady and strong at then 95 years of age, one missing a tip, gripped mine for minutes. A beatific, genuine smile lit her face as we entered her kitchen at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant in the Treme area …

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December 24, 2018January 23, 2020

New Orleans: The Garbage Can Serenade, and other Quirks of the Quarter

I’m writing this a few minutes after some dudes decided to serenade us with the sound of garbage cans being kicked around under our balcony at the Royal Sonesta. In any other place, I’d be on the phone yammering at the manager. But not here … we loved it. We’ve been to New Orleans a …

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October 14, 2018January 17, 2020

Scandinavia: Pricey Provisions & Puzzling ‘Pantsdrunk’ People

You should know one thing before traveling to the Scandinavian and Nordic countries – Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. It is expensive. That is, unless you don’t think $27 hamburgers, a $3 chicken wing and $10 drafts are expensive. But at least the taxes are high. You could try to do it on the …

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May 1, 2018February 15, 2020

China: Jinshanling section of the Great Wall

If you travel to China, the Great Wall of course is a "must see." It was our first visit to Beijing and we had read about the crowds at the other sections of the wall. So we booked a guide to take us to the Jinshanling section and we were not disappointed. Beautiful sections of …

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April 29, 2018January 17, 2020

Nepal Travel: navigating the hairpin-turn cliffs to Kathmandu

Three years after the April 2015 earthquake disaster, Nepal looks like a mountainous, tropical version of London after The Blitz. Nepal travel offers a stark reminder of how long the recovery from such a disaster can last ... long after the news of the disaster has fallen out of the international headlines. The main road …

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April 23, 2018January 19, 2020

Tibet: Mount Everest photobombed my selfie and ruined my vacation

So there I was, minding my own business, trying to take a selfie because that’s what all the cool kids are doing. And this mountain just comes up out of nowhere and photobombs my shot. My vacation was literally ruined. Yeah, yeah, someone said Mount Everest is a big deal and I should be honored …

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