Posts Tagged ‘Travelers Trivia’

Living Like Royalty in a Chateau in Brix, Normandy

Normandy is famous for two great invasions: June 1944 and September 1066. After enjoying the many D-day tourism activities this region has become famous for, we headed west to the Department of Manche, Basse Normandy, which means ‘the sleeve,’ named after the French name for the English Channel. This western half of the Normandy peninsula is dotted with lovely beach towns like Granville and Carteret, and is full of fields, sweeping beaches and surging tides, but not that many people.

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Living Like Royalty in a Chateau in Brix, Normandy

Las Vegas Spas: Why Gamble When You Can Relax?

I wasn’t expecting to be pampered in Vegas. Eat too much?

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Las Vegas Spas: Why Gamble When You Can Relax?

Lafayette, Baton Rouge and New Orleans: Great Art, Great Food, Great Music

Soon after I arrived for my whirlwind tour of Louisiana Music Festivals, a Lafayette gourmet imparted this wisdom: “I love the food in New Orleans. Just don’t call it Cajun.” Lesson learned.

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Lafayette, Baton Rouge and New Orleans: Great Art, Great Food, Great Music

Manu National Park: A Family Adventure in the Peruvian Amazon

As we boated up the Manu River the country got wilder and the wildlife more diverse. Thatched huts gave way to forest. Storks, herons, terns, vultures, and turtles became commonplace

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Manu National Park: A Family Adventure in the Peruvian Amazon

The New Jersey Coast: Finding the Twilight Down the Shore

Twilight down the shore is a feeling, and an experience that’s been a part of my family’s life for three generations. It begins at the end of a long day at the beach, where lots of swimming and sun has left you sun bleached and tanned.

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The New Jersey Coast: Finding the Twilight Down the Shore

Huntsville, Alabama: The Rocket City

We started our road trip in Huntsville, the Rocket City. It got that name when German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun moved there in 1950 to work on the American space program. He eventually created the Saturn V rocket that took Americans to the moon, and Huntsville has been a central part of NASA’s space exploration ever since.

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Huntsville, Alabama: The Rocket City

Havana Dining: Eating Cuban at the Source

“You don’t go to Cuba to eat,” just about everybody had warned me. “There’s nothing… NOTHING!” admonished my friend Ruth, who gives food tours of Mexico.

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Havana Dining: Eating Cuban at the Source

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