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Ithaca, New York: A Place of Gorges, Greenery, Gardens - and Goats

Ithaca, New York: A Place of Gorges, Greenery, Gardens - and Goats

Tripatini — Taughannock Falls in Ithaca, NY is taller than Niagara Falls, photo by Victor Block Ithaca is a "gorges" city, and with 150 waterfalls within a 10-mile radius, it comes by its moniker honestly.
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Ithaca, New York: A Land of Gorges, Greenery, Gardens and Goats

Ithaca, New York: A Land of Gorges, Greenery, Gardens and Goats

Substack — Ithaca is a "gorges" city, and with 150 waterfalls within a 10-mile radius, it comes by its moniker honestly. Within the city limits itself, a one-third mile hike uphill - the Cascadilla Gorge Trail -- was not only exhilarating because of the trek itself, but for the vastness and variety of six different freely flowing floes of cascading waterfalls.
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Ghost Tours in St. Augustine, FL

Ghost Tours in St. Augustine, FL

Substack.com — At 450+ years, St. Augustine, Florida is America's oldest city. There's a lot to recommend a city that old -- history, ancient (for the states) architecture, Spanish culture. And, of course, ghosts. A city that old has a lot of history to haunt -- a lot of death and despair to permeate the landscape -- and the spirits of St.
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Egypt: 6000 Years of History Come Alive Throughout the Country

Egypt: 6000 Years of History Come Alive Throughout the Country

Substack.com — I'm in Cairo, Egypt on a hotel balcony overlooking the Nile River, a fantasy land I've heard about my whole life - and I'm here. I needed to take a minute - and revel in that.
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Egypt: 6000 Years of History Come Alive Throughout the Country

Egypt: 6000 Years of History Come Alive Throughout the Country

Tripatini — I'm in Cairo, Egypt on a hotel balcony overlooking the Nile River, a fantasy land I've heard about my whole life - and I'm here. I needed to take a minute - and revel in that.
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Walk Japan: Exploring the Head, the Heart and the Soul of a Country

Walk Japan: Exploring the Head, the Heart and the Soul of a Country

Tripatini — It is not often that a toilet and a tea ceremony form perfect metaphors for the culture of a country, but so it is in Japan. The toilet falls into the realm of delightful personal discoveries - albeit all of them in the hotel bathroom of the Kyoto Park Hotel.
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Mary King's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland: 400 Years of History, Previously Buried -- Literally -- B...

Mary King's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland: 400 Years of History, Previously Buried -- Literally -- B...

Tripatini — Narrow Walkways of Mary King's Close, Courtesy of TheRealMaryKing'sClose.com The year is 1645. The most virulent strain of the Bubonic Plague has immobilized Edinburgh, Scotland, claiming the lives of more than half the city's population. The area hardest hit: Mary King's Close on High Street, a busy thoroughfare and lively 17th century street of pubs, shops, and residences.
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Mary King's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland

Mary King's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland

Substack.com — The year is 1645. The most virulent strain of the Bubonic Plague has immobilized Edinburgh, Scotland, claiming the lives of more than half the city's population. The area hardest hit: Mary King's Close on High Street, a busy thoroughfare and lively 17th century street of pubs, shops, and residences.
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Provence, France: Proving that Hill Towns Plus a Plethora of Wine and Cheese Promise Paradise

Provence, France: Proving that Hill Towns Plus a Plethora of Wine and Cheese Promise Paradise

Substack.com — Naturally we started our trip off with a glass of wine at lunch. After all, it was too late for breakfast... "Deux verres de vin rouge - um, uh -- pas sec. Un peu..." Finally I just threw my hands in the air and laughed.
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Walk Japan: Exploring the Head, the Heart and the Soul of a Country

Walk Japan: Exploring the Head, the Heart and the Soul of a Country

Substack.com — It is not often that a toilet and a tea ceremony form perfect metaphors for the culture of a country, but so it is in Japan. The toilet falls into the realm of delightful personal discoveries - albeit all of them in the hotel bathroom of the Kyoto Park Hotel.
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De Palm Island, Aruba: A Reservoir of Riches Above and Below Water

De Palm Island, Aruba: A Reservoir of Riches Above and Below Water

Substack.com — I've always envied my scuba-diving friends who describe their colorful underwater world full of coral reefs and multiple inhabitants of the sea as magical. I've snorkeled but it's not the same. Now, although I remain uncertified as a diver, I have an idea of what the majesty is all about thanks to my SNUBA experience at Aruba's De Palm Island.
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De Palm Island, Aruba: A Reservoir of Riches Above and Below Water.

De Palm Island, Aruba: A Reservoir of Riches Above and Below Water.

Tripatini — EXHILARATING SLIDES ARE JUST ONE OF MANY ATTRACTIONS AT DE PALM ISLAND PHOTO BY VICTOR BLOCK I've always envied my scuba-diving friends who describe their colorful underwater world full of coral reefs and multiple inhabitants of the sea as magical. I've snorkeled but it's not the same.
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Scenic Sights Assault the Senses at Yosemite National Park, by Travel Writers

Scenic Sights Assault the Senses at Yosemite National Park, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman When I encountered my first giant sequoia in the Mariposa Grove, my head did not tilt back far enough to see the top and walking around the trunk practically required a GPS.
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Scenic Sights Assault the Senses at Yosemite National Park, by Travel Writers

Scenic Sights Assault the Senses at Yosemite National Park, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman When I encountered my first giant sequoia in the Mariposa Grove, my head did not tilt back far enough to see the top and walking around the trunk practically required a GPS.
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Fun in the Water and on Land at Great Wolf Lodge, by Travel Writers

Fun in the Water and on Land at Great Wolf Lodge, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman "You want me to get on that and go down to where?" I wailed from high atop the Alberta Falls waterslide, looking down to an alleged pool that was well out of visual range. My 11-year-old granddaughter nodded with a look of both consternation and resignation that I tried very hard to take in stride.
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Is the Star of a Costa Rican Tour, by Travel Writers

Monteverde Cloud Forest Is the Star of a Costa Rican Tour, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman The last 18 miles of the road leading to the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica, full of ruts and potholes by design, takes more than an hour and a half to navigate, and the locals like it that way.
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Sipping Vino and Savoring Vistas in Tuscany, by Travel Writers

Sipping Vino and Savoring Vistas in Tuscany, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman Wandering the hilly, narrow cobblestone streets in our home base of Montalcino, Italy, a medieval city of interlocking passageways, steps and alleyways curving around and through and behind and beyond the main square, I reminded myself I was walking through history that spanned 800 years.
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Take the Winding Highway to Hana, by Travel Writers

Take the Winding Highway to Hana, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman Just as the queasiness in my stomach from the continuous onslaught of curves and cutbacks along the narrow uphill road began to subside, we rounded yet another 180-degree bend. The first waterfall with whipped-cream waters dripping down deep-creviced cleavages appeared by the roadside, its beauty washing away all my remaining reservations.
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Adventure Awaits at Unusual Primland, by Travel Writers

Adventure Awaits at Unusual Primland, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman "You want me to go where?" my mind shouted as I barreled down a 90-degree angle that led into a wall of mud- and gravel-encased woods. I was driving - or more accurately surviving - an ATV excursion at Primland in Meadows of Dan, Virginia.
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Funk, Frivolity and Florida History in Key West, by Travel Writers

Funk, Frivolity and Florida History in Key West, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman Key West, Florida, is more than a place. It is a spirit, a funky energy that enters your soul and takes residence in your worldview as well as your inner vision. A state of mind more than a city; a way of life more than a place to live.
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Funk, Frivolity and Florida History in Key West, by Travel Writers

Funk, Frivolity and Florida History in Key West, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman Key West, Florida, is more than a place. It is a spirit, a funky energy that enters your soul and takes residence in your worldview as well as your inner vision. A state of mind more than a city; a way of life more than a place to live.
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Planet Word: Where Words Rule the World, by Travel Writers

Planet Word: Where Words Rule the World, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman I'm a travel writer. Words are what I do. My stories may not always sing, but I usually can put one word in front of another succinctly enough to craft a well-written article. But when I heard about the newly opened Planet Word in Washington, D.C., I was so excited, I had no words.
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Underwater and Overwater Animal Encounters in Curacao, by Travel Writers

Underwater and Overwater Animal Encounters in Curacao, by Travel Writers

Creators — By Fyllis Hockman Their bodies were sleek and graceful, the skin soft to the touch, their demeanor welcoming even if a bit skeptical. Still, they were more used to this than I was. I spread my arms out as instructed and flapped them in the water.
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Meow Wolf, Santa Fe's Mind-Bending Interactive Art Installation

Meow Wolf, Santa Fe's Mind-Bending Interactive Art Installation

Tripatini — A travel writer's worst nightmare? Being at a loss for words to describe something. And so it is with Meow Wolf, an immersive interactive art installation and technological wonderland with unending surprises at every turn in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Oh sure, it's magical, mind-boggling, awesome, inspirational - but no mere words can capture the experience.
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