Yes, you can see coastal Alaska WITHOUT a cruise ship. This is a review of my 2016 vacation using the Alaska Marine Highway to travel to different towns along the Inside Passage in Alaska. I’ve taken...
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Using Expedia’s Vacation Waiver
What do I think about Expedia’s Vacation Waiver? Well, the jury is in . . . my refunds processed the next day. Here is a review of how the Vacation Waiver worked. Three weeks ago, I...
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The Truth about Spirit Airlines
There are things you should know before booking a flight with Spirit Airlines. So, you need to book a flight, and you want to know how it is to fly with Spirit Airlines. I’ve...
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Canoeing the Swamps of Louisiana
Impulse Along the edge of my consciousness, there is an eddy line. Whenever I cross this mark, The current hits the bow, turning me downstream. Water spills off the paddle in steady trickles as...
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The Train
Life, love, and death on a trip from Amsterdam to Paris. The train picked up speed as it left the station in a little town not far from Amsterdam. We passed so close to a row...
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Onboard the Royal Clipper
I sailed for two weeks on the Royal Clipper to the Windward and the Grenadine Islands. I boarded the ship in Barbados, only scheduled for a single week. Then I fell in love with...
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The Lightness of Being
To fly over the ocean on a winged ship . . . It is an old feeling. A deep feeling. In it we are connected, even to the ancient Phoenicians daring to explore the...
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My Room with a View
In those winter nights next to the Duomo, life came back to me. It’s an 88 step climb to a week I now carry with me always. Paolo opened the door of my taxi. “Ciao, Anna. Your...
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First Solo Travel
The year was 1985: an account of the first time I traveled solo in Europe. At twenty, I traveled abroad alone. I had two weeks in Britain by myself before going to Paris for a...
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