Amsterdam: A Canal Boat Trip
The very first thing to do in Amsterdam? Why, that’s to take a ride along the canals and into the harbor of Amsterdam, in one of the many glass-sided canal …
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Afternoon Snacks in Amsterdam
Around four hours after lunch, you’ll be ready for the favorite afternoon snack of the Amsterdammers—a raw herring, eaten with a toothpick, from the counter of an open-air stand! While …
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Rome: The Roman Forum
‘I need no ivory temple for my delight,’ wrote Propertius in Augustus’ day, ‘enough that I can see the Roman Forum.’ Here, from immemorial times, had been the meeting place …
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The Colosseum was a “marvel” of Rome
The Colosseum was a ‘marvel’ of Rome when it was new, almost nineteen hundred years ago, partly because of its size and partly because the circumstances under which it was …
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New Zealand: Land of The Lord of the Rings
New Zealand is a country in the Southern Hemisphere in the Oceania region, which is called Aotearoa in Māori, which translates as the Land of the Long White Cloud, It …
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Planning to travel to New Zealand?
Beauty of Nature found in New Zealand. Many of us have always dreamed of planning a visit down under. Traveling through countries like New Zealand can be an eye opening …
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From Cairo to Jerusalem
Our adventure began in front of the pyramids in Cairo, Egypt. Five of us were trying to figure out how to get to Jerusalem, our next stop on our mini- …
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Call Chicago mighty, monstrous, multifarious, vital, lusty, stupendous, indomitable
Chicago is stupefying. It knows no rules, and I know none by which to judge it. It stands apart from all the cities in the world, isolated by its own …
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Tokyo is unique–the result of its peculiar evolution
To describe a great city like London or Paris to an American, or a mighty American city such as New York or Chicago to a European, is a comparatively easy …
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The Festival of Flowers: In the April of blossoms anyone may come
“In the April of blossoms anyone may come,” runs an old proverb. It is a time for general outing. Even old women and the laziest stay-at-homes go out to call …
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