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BUENOS AIRES
Way down below the equator, a stone’s throw away from the tip of Antarctica, lies a sub-tropical paradise. On every street corner, tango dancers twist and curl themselves around each other like a bunch of turned-on snakes, and the perfume of dulce de leche intermingles with the heady scent of…
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NEW ORLEANS
Bob Dylan once said, “There are a lot of places I like, but I like New Orleans better.” I’ve been all over this country, but far and away my favorite city is New Orleans. I’ve visited New Orleans seven times, far more than any other city in America, and whenever…
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FAIRYTALE FRANCE
Alsace, the northeastern region in France that borders Germany, feels like a fairytale setting come to life. Literally. Just over the border lies Germany’s mysterious Black Forest, where the Brothers Grimm collected a majority of the famous fairytales we know and love today. So when you think of the quaint…
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MEXICO CITY
Long ago, the Aztecs ruled over the snatched waist of Central America. Their shining capital city was built on an island in the middle of a great lake, a basin of water embraced by two mountain ranges and one still-active volcano. This city was called Tenochtitlan, only accessible by canoe…
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WHERE TO EAT IN PARIS
Now look. Normally, when I cover a city (heck, a whole country), my blog posts have three sections: What I Saw, What I Ate, and How I Packed. But when it comes to Paris, attempting to cover all three of those within one blog post seems like pure folie, which…
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ALASKA
Alaska is a different world, truly. We’re so blessed to include Alaska as our 49th state because this land features the most unspoiled, unreal beauty I’ve ever seen. You know how you watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy and you’re like “dang, I wish I could go to New…
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A GUIDE TO TRAVELING WELL
Ever since I burst forth into this world, I’ve been traveling overseas. Seriously. Now, I’m not special in this regard. There are a lot of military kids born around the summer of 1991 who are in the same boat (battleship? helicopter? tank?) as me. We all just happen to be…
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