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January 26, 2025January 26, 2025

Spring in the Baltics: Casting a Nervous Eye to the East

The canola was in its spring bloom in the Baltics in May. The vast fields of vivid yellow against the brilliant blue sky created a natural Ukrainian flag. Yellow and blue flags are omnipresent across Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The Balts are incensed and frightened by Russia’s unwarranted war against their fellow former Soviet state. …

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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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August 15, 2022September 24, 2022

London’s new ‘must see’ … the ABBAtars take the stage

Would you pay for pricey concert tickets to see digital avatars perform? Prices on par with seeing a legendary band? I would have said no. But then we saw ABBA featured on CBS Sunday Morning – one of our favorite TV programs - and were intrigued by the allegedly stupendous cutting-edge technology the band was …

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April 21, 2020March 11, 2021

Egypt Travel: majestic monuments, incredible hospitality

The Americans are back in Egypt – and the Egyptians are thrilled. The Arab Spring of 2010 onward scared U.S. tourists off and it really hurt these people, who rely very heavily on tourism. The unrest scared us off for years from experiencing this country and seeing the only remaining wonder of the ancient world, …

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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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