Maintaining a Healthy Life-Style while in Uncharted Territories By Lisa Linsley If you are traveling to lesser-developed countries, you have probably been warned by your family and friends about malaria, E. coli, and dengue fever, not to mention Delhi belly, more commonly known as travelers’ diarrhea. “As serious as these illnesses can be, don’t let…
Visiting Free Ukraine – Page Two By Roman Skaskiw There are statues of poets, Roman Gods, and one statue of Austrian writer and Lviv native Leopold von Masoch, after whom masochism is named. Four universities fill the city with young people. Street musicians seem to sing or play on every other corner. I found an…
Love the One You’re With, Newlyweds Share By Kelly Westhoff Soon after we got married, my husband and I quit our jobs and hit the road. We traveled through eight countries in six months — Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar. Since returning home, we’ve discovered that family, friends, and curious acquaintances…
Ukraine: Roman Skaskiw returns to his family home in Ukraine and reflects on the country’s troubled history.
By Lisa Linsley Most people associate Cape Cod or Provincetown specifically with summer. Right now, you are most likely picturing days out in the hot sand swimming and fishing. You picture strolling down the busy, narrow Commercial Street waiting in long lines at shops and restaurants. Our first trip to Provincetown was in October. Visiting…
Minas Gerais and Belo Horizonte Offer Many Unique Attractions By Paul Shoul In the Basement of Lona Piniero’s stone Colonial house in Ouro Preto, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Jose Gherardi sits down at the piano. We have gathered here in the late afternoon for her invitation of high tea. Ever so softly,…
El Ghriba Festival Brings Jews from All Over to Tunisia By Sonja Stark The island of Djerba, floating off the southeast coast of Tunisia, is a popular destination for relaxing in a traditional hammam, grilling your body on a sandy beach or haggling over handmade Andalusian pottery. Few realize that only a few miles away…
Traveling Across Eurasia: Jeffrey Tayler’s Murderers in Mausoleums By Jennifer Bellenoit Across the largest landmass in the world, powerful and deadly empires once ruled. Genghis Khan shook up most of the continent by paving a ruthless path of destruction that stretched from China to the eastern parts of Europe. Since then, the land and its…
By Lisa St. John When someone asked me about my favorite moment of the Calgary Stampede in Alberta Canada, I was at a loss. Ten days for the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth is not enough to breathe in the beauty and excitement of the Canadian Wild West. Was it seeing the broncos burst out…
Adam Costa, who had lived and worked in Yosemite National Park, shares several hiking routes through the Tuolumne Meadows section of the park.
Boston: A walking tour of the city’s Waterfront visiting Kennedy Museum and Library the Institute of Contemporary Art, and dining alfresco at the Daily Catch.
Chefchaouen, Morocco: a picturesque town in the Rif Mountains in northern Morocco where everything is painted different shades of blue.
