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Sounding Retreat: Why Seasoned Travelers Aren?t Afraid To Call It Quits

.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} There may come a time when travel stops being fun. How will you know it’s time to go home?

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Sounding Retreat: Why Seasoned Travelers Aren?t Afraid To Call It Quits

Cycling in Vietnam / Photo Shoot Into The Sun

It was eerily similar to swimming.

Water gushed through my helmet, down my hood, and into my face. My gloves and shorts were saturated, weighted sponges clutching my skin. Peeking out from worn sandals, my toes lapped up street water with each pedal stroke.

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The 20 Most Memorable Travel Films (That Aren?t Really About Travel)

Movies have the power to inspire, to take us on a trip without requiring us to get off the couch.

The 20 Most Memorable Travel Films (That Aren?t Really About Travel)

A scene from “O Brother Where Art Thou?”

One traveling garden gnome. A star-crossed couple on a sinking ocean liner. Eleven crooks on a European heist. And Bond??James Bond.

These are just four of the travelers who didn’t make it onto our roundup of the twenty greatest travel films of all time. Not because we didn’t like Amelie, Titanic, Ocean’s 11 or the Bond movies, mind you, but because we just didn’t have the space.

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What Every Parent Should Know About Traveling With Their Kids

What Every Parent Should Know About Traveling With Their Kids

The decision to travel with our children was not one my husband and I took lightly. We both had always wanted to travel, but I was too scared to take the leap of faith.

As parents we wanted our children to experience what the world had to offer.

Our family had also been through an extremely tough time before our trip. We had experienced death and change on a profound scale, and our marriage had only just managed to survive.

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Can Your Grandparents Teach You About Love?

Can Your Grandparents Teach You About Love?

One of my favorite singers, Robbie Williams, complains in one of his songs that love is getting too cynical, while passion is just physical.

Each of us has a different experience related to both love and passion. If we look carefully at what is happening in the world around us at this moment, and especially in the Western hemisphere, one can conclude that the concept of love is undergoing serious changes.

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