When we sought a summer vacation spot in the United States, I figured I should buck up and check out Vermont. Finally.
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In France, family tradition dictates when summer vacation happens, with great debates over which dates are better—and who is better, based on which dates they prefer.
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If you have Europe in your sights for a vacation between, say, mid-November and mid-March, you’ll find plenty of places to delight you. Here are a few ideas from my own travels, to get your brain storming.
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The first full-force summer travel season of the post-COVID-restrictions era just wrapped, and I have a few observations.
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Here’s how to get a sampling of the variety of experiences Freiburg has to offer, from nature and Black Forest views through to history and culture.
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I can think of a few pieces that every suitcase should include that many people never consider. These items go for every person and for every season.
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While all of us have our preferences, including me, I have picked up a few best practices and shortcuts that could help almost anyone who plans to a trip.
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These three factors can bias anyone’s travel impressions and experiences. We can’t control for these variables in all cases, yet we can take them into some level of account when planning.
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We tried to spend as much of the 2019 holidays in our festive holiday pajamas as possible.
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For our honeymoon, we split our time between two Caribbean islands and two resorts. Here’s what we found at Jade Mountain in St. Lucia and Hermitage Bay in Antigua.
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After fourteen months of talking about skiing in Switzerland and not skiing in Switzerland, with four of these months living only a few miles from the ski slopes on which skiing could happen, Arnaud got to ski. I snowshoed.
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Dijon, of all the places we visited in France on our road trip back to Lausanne from Christmas 2018 in Normandy, stands out as my favorite sojourn.
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For my 2018 birthday weekend, when the 16th landed on a Sunday, Arnaud planned a trip to Verbier, Switzerland, for an overnight stay.
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How was your summer? Here's my look back at Summer 2016.
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I have bad news: You’re not Aeneas or Odysseus.
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A Twitter poll during a moment of duress revealed that no one knows what to wear or bring to the beach. Even you, most likely.
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What do you collect when you travel?
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Veering from the norm for this blog, I ask you readers to help me plan my next vacation. Ideas?
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