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Unique and Impressive Waterfalls across the China-Vietnam Border
More Details: Unique and Impressive Waterfalls across the China-Vietnam BorderUp in the very north of Vietnam, right on the border with China, there is a waterfall “family” named Bản Giốc. These are in the Cao Bằng Province of Vietnam and sit about 170 miles (270 km) from Hanoi. That is a long way given the way to get there is not a fancy nice…
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Exploring the former East Germany Off-the-Beaten-Path: Wismar
More Details: Exploring the former East Germany Off-the-Beaten-Path: WismarMost of us experience the former East Germany via a visit to Berlin. I don’t know about most but, for me, most of my time in Germany has been either in Berlin, Munich or the western parts (Dusseldorf, Koblenz, Heidelberg, etc.). This past summer, I got to venture elsewhere. More precisely, northern Germany with focus on…
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Great Drive Series – 17-Mile Drive in California
More Details: Great Drive Series – 17-Mile Drive in CaliforniaI have been to San Francisco once or twice for very short visits but have not gone further south than the airport – on this trip I would get to do the 17-mile drive near Monterey and see famous Pebble Beach. I coupled a short business trip to San Fran with a visit to friends…
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Great Drive Series – Along the Columbia River in Oregon
More Details: Great Drive Series – Along the Columbia River in OregonOregon has been a place I have always been wanting to go. When the opportunity to go on a business trip to Portland arose, I was thrilled. Though I was not able to append a weekend on either end of the business trip to get to explore more, I did have a Sunday afternoon and…
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St. Paul Outside the Walls: Rome’s Less Seen Basilicas
More Details: St. Paul Outside the Walls: Rome’s Less Seen BasilicasAs one may expect, Rome does not lack in the church category. All types and sizes up to the best know, St. Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican. However, there are three other major basilicas in Rome: St. John Lateran (first among the four for being the oldest), Saint Mary Major (Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore),…
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Great Drive Series – A Switzerland Sampler
More Details: Great Drive Series – A Switzerland SamplerWhen I worked in Paris many moons ago for 6 months, one of the neat weekend trips I took was a rather rushed visit to Switzerland. More than anything, we just wanted to leave France. Having visited Heidelberg and worked in The Netherlands during that period, we opted to go south: Switzerland (or Schweiz or…
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Great Drives Series – Around Bordeaux
More Details: Great Drives Series – Around BordeauxI have done a couple of trips into Bordeaux where I have explored the region by car. There really is no better way to explore the diversity of the region (and its wines!), which may seem at first to be more homogenous than it actually is. To venture inland, near where Bordeaux runs into the…
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Great Drive Series – Frankfurt to Maastricht
More Details: Great Drive Series – Frankfurt to MaastrichtAmong the many ways to travel and explore, few things beat driving around yourself, whether it be Tuscany, New Zealand or across the U.S., there is a freedom that comes with being on your own, able to stop at will for a photo, to rest or… to relief yourself (yes, I said it …). I…
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Boarding Pass Stories: No Such Thing as a Free First Class
More Details: Boarding Pass Stories: No Such Thing as a Free First ClassA funny thing happened on the way to Buenos Aires (BB.AA.) once… I was going for a short work week down in BB.AA.. At the time, my hometown airline, Delta, did not fly there so I had to connect in Miami to a United Airlines flight. The company was flying me on business class which…