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Chuck Mai
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A Walk Through the Renaissance
Firenze in Italian, Florence is also famously called La Culla del Rinascimento, “The Cradle of the Renaissance,” the place where the stars aligned to produce...
Say Oui to Seychelles
The Seychelles is the ultimate remote getaway. Emphasis on remote. The archipelago is, pardon the expression, in the middle of nowhere. It really is. The...
Savor Seoul
This densely packed city of ten million sits in a basin surrounded by low mountains in northwest South Korea, 35 miles from North Korea, on...
Old-World Dutch Charm
Storybook cottages are roofed with thatch, accented by shutters of bold colors and surrounded by dense, romantic gardens. Oh, and the only way to get...
One of the Seven Stans
The suffix stan means “where one stands” or “land of,” so Tajikistan becomes land of the Tajiks, just as Scotland is the land of the...
Head-Over-Heels Honeymoons
Kerry, Ireland The wind-swept tip of the rugged southwestern coast of Ireland has long been a haunt of the wealthy. Now, many of the stately...
Arctic Glory in Greenland
It was actually Erik the Red who gave the world’s largest island its name a thousand years ago, when the Norse explorer was trying to...
Bolivia’s City in the Clouds
Okay, let’s see. Bolivia is landlocked, there’s not a beach in sight, daytime highs rarely hit 70 and the city of La Paz really is...
Where Art and Appetite Collide
Bermondsey became “London’s larder” in the 1860s when large brick warehouses were built on the Thames to store the spices, coffee, fruit, grain and sugar...
A Sweet Greek Retreat
Crete. Okay, it’s not the cradle of civilization, but it’s close. The mythical king of the Olympic gods, Zeus, was born in a cave on...
