November 21st, 2008
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Williamsburg, Virginia is a great place to take the whole family due to several things. Those reasons being Busch Gardens Amusement Park, Colonial Williamsburg, and the neighboring historic towns of Jamestown and Yorktown. This is where America was born over 200 years ago after the Revolutionary War.
Now, every child loves amusement parks especially for the rides. Busch Gardens of Williamsburg has been nominated the world’s “most beautiful theme park” for 17 straight years. There are over 50 exhilarating rides to go on with one being called “Griffon”. It is the world’s tallest floorless dive coaster that drops over 200 feet straight down and gets up to 70 mph! Roller coasters were not made to do that when I was a kid. Besides the rides, there are shows, animal attractions, historical and educational resources and dining options just to name a few. Adults (ages 10 and up) can have fun in the park for about $60/day per person and any child ages 3 to 9 get in for about $50 for the day. Be sure to check out Busch Gardens during your stay in Williamsburg!
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November 20th, 2008
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Tuscany is “all the rave” to most people I would think and I don’t doubt that being that I haven’t been yet. I did get to explore parts of Italy a few years ago on my Honeymoon like Venice, Verona and Milan but I
haven’t made it to the Piedmont region. I’m sure the movie “Under the Tuscan Sun” brought some extra attention to the region as well. The idea of that beautiful region being surrounded by the Mediterranean sounds like a “mini- Italy” and it is – it is called the island of Elba.
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November 6th, 2008
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Ending world conflict is a difficult burden for any leader - but what qualities does it take to succeed?
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During the last eight years, it is doubtful whether our leadership has fostered peace, both within our nation and in the wider world.
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October 14th, 2008
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Feature and above photo by M. V. Jantzen.
The American Empire still stretches around the globe. Learn how modern day colonists can best experience each destination’s unique bounty.
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October 6th, 2008
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.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} What can a post office tell you about the culture of a foreign land? Here’s 5 unique things you can learn.
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The Tashkent post office / Photo Daniel Noll
As travelers, we have all visited post offices abroad.
We rarely relish these visits and often avoid them until the last possible moment. However, the post office provides an unusual opportunity for cultural observation and comparison.
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May 1st, 2008
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Turns out not everyone loves Americans. For Rachel Friedman, the shock of seeing her nation from abroad led to feelings of betrayal, denial and awakening.
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My first solo trip abroad was less than a year after 9/11.
Life in the U.S. was still tense, especially on the East coast, where I was a junior in college.
Airports were enveloped in almost sanctuary-like silence. While I waited to board my flight to Dublin I watched people remove shoes and sweaters and belts.
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May 1st, 2008
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When the principal attraction of a trip is looking at other people’s lives, there’s a fine line between human interest and human zoo.
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While much of Africa is best known for its stunning wildlife and superlative National Parks, Ethiopia’s main travel draws are scenic natural beauty and fascinating people.
Therefore, it seemed only natural that when our overland trip passed through Ethiopia, we took a detour to the Omo Valley, an area rich in colorful tribes.
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March 26th, 2008
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Forget flying halfway around the world to find happiness. Christine Garvin shows you how to look locally.
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Much like the billion others who read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, I fought the immediate urge to chuck my job, rent, friends and credit card bills and book the first available flight to India so that I could meditate all of my problems away.
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February 19th, 2008
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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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December 11th, 2007
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One of my favorite parts of the Best American Travel Writing anthology each year is series editor Jason Wilson’s foreword. With each new edition he finds a seemingly unrelated anecdote that somehow, unexpectedly, illustrates the point he is trying to make about the value of good travel writing.
This year is no exception: he begins with a report about a shark attack in New Jersey, an exceedingly rare event that led to the almost-instantaneous publication of helpful sidebars and advice boxes on How To Survive A Shark Attack in the local papers.
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