Why We Went Up There
Not the Balkans The Baltics are one of those spots that confounds Americans. If we…
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Tunisia Beyond the Itinerary
The Right People – The Wrong Destination I’ll be honest, Tunisia wasn’t my first choice…
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Carthage: A City That Was Never Gone
A Flight from Phoenicia Sometime in the early 9th century BCE, legend has it that…
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Beyond the Resorts: Experiencing the Real Maldives
The Maldives I Didn’t Grow Up Dreaming About I didn’t grow up dreaming about the…
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Weekend Trip to Monschau and the Eifel
How Our Last-Minute Eifel Trip Began We were to be in the German Eifel region…
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Luxor: The New Kingdom
The Train Station We’d been waiting at the train station in Cairo for almost an…
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The Morning at Oświęcim
“Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.” Elie Wiesel, Night I…
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Egypt: The Old Kingdom
Arrival in Cairo I squinted blearily out the window at 2:00 AM as the Pegasus…
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Morocco, Take Two
“You’re such a guy.” Thami said. I’d met him at the Grand Cafe in central…
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Ireland. Roots?
The Other Side of the Tree Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been…
