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• Accidentally Falling in Love with the California Zephyr

  

  I haven’t always been enamored with trains. In my past travels, I had been on several rails both in the United States on the east coast and also through small... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Street Angel

  

  Sighing with tired relief, we plopped our suitcases into the dusty, grey earth – we had arrived! The journey to Florence took far longer than we had... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• What Makes Me Get Up and Move

  

  I have been married to a wonderful man for 25 years. We got married very young so as he said we could: ”have our children and still play with them.” We had thre... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Uncovering Seoul

  

  The best travel experiences are those of discovery. It does not have to be a life-changing discovery as those recounted in a lot of romantic stories nowadays.... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Finding Inspiration Among the Redwoods

  

  “The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always…from them comes silence and awe. The most irreverent of men, in the presenc... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• The Journey of a Lifetime

  

  As I hastily climbed the stairs of my neighbor’s house, gasping for air with sweat dripping across my forehead, I had one goal in mind: to win this game of... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• A Visit to Munich Germany

  

  I made it to Munich in one piece! Let’s just say that’s thanks in part to the complimentary wine and liberal alcohol laws on my flight. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Eureka Springs Revisited

  

  In early November, I spent two serendipitous days in the tiny resort town of Eureka Springs, located in the Ozarks, at the edge of Arkansas. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• An Unfinished Dream

  

  Every Wednesday evening between March and October, Charles Dickens visits the house in which he made an early London home. He must have great affection for it. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Cosimo Cavallaro’s Jelly Bean Exhibition

  

  Who: Cosimo CavallaroWhat: Jelly Beans ExhibitionWhen: April 2013Where: Nye + Brown Gallery, Los AngelesPhoto Credit: MGPTravelBlogWhen I heard about Cosimo... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Corregidor: A Legacy Of War

  

  Roiling thuds from warship mortars, swishing sounds from fighter planes, the wailing and myriad of death probably depicts the actual scene of the blood-spattere... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Onward And Upward To Machu Pichu – Part 1

  

  My heart kept beating like a tom-tom drum feverishly signaling an imminent enemy attack.  It kept racing, and thudding, and pounding – not allowing me to get a... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Onward And Upward To Machu Pichu – Part 2

  

  Mas Machu PichuEveryone whipped out their cameras and started taking photos of the venerable gift that history had unwrapped for us.  One by one, we captured th... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Our Family Glory in the Holiday Attributes of Punta Cana

  

  Thinking of the sun and palm trees, one snowy and stormy weekend in Toronto, I decided to take my daughter Muna, along my grandson Mazin, and his wife Margarita... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Learning to Fly at the End of the World: Travels Down the Yucatan Peninsula

  

  A second huge palm frond hits my left shoulder, catching a little of my face this time. It smacks the woman behind me dead on. She squeals and leans down to... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• To the Lighthouse (Ila Al-Manara)

  

  Beirut from the cornicheYou can’t understand the sense of triumph I felt as I crossed the street unless you’ve been to Beirut, a city in which I had been in... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Myanmar Or Burma – What’s in a Name?

  

  The excitement and optimism in the Yangon air these days is palpable. In 2011 the impossible happened. The half century of rule by an oppressive military junta... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• O’Hare Turns 50: Celebrating One of America’s Busiest Airports

  

  Calling O’Hare an airport is like calling the Queen Elizabeth II a boat. – Andrew H. Malcolm On March 23, 1963, President John F. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• The Hills of Northern Pakistan

  

  In summer the heat slams down onto Pakistan like a sledgehammer. The sun boils with a malevolent intensity as the temperatures rise, and rise, and rise. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION

• Tips for Being in Kuala Lumpur During Ramadan

  

  Malaysia is a predominately Muslim country. During the month of Ramadan (usually in August), devout Muslims fast during the day, say several prayers and then... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL, VACATION