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Adventure travel from zip line to biking and heli-hiking.
Travel Expert, Marybeth knows how to add an adrenaline rush to every vacation. My motto is “active days and comfortable nights” with a dash of adrenaline for the thrills. Here are my favorites from Europe, Canada and beyond. In the Swiss Alps I stepped into a safety harness connected to a zip line and whizzed…
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Adventure travel from zip line to biking and heli-hiking.
Travel Expert, Marybeth knows how to add an adrenaline rush to every vacation. My motto is “active days and comfortable nights” with a dash of adrenaline for the thrills. Here are my favorites from Europe, Canada and beyond. In the Swiss Alps I stepped into a safety harness connected to a zip line and whizzed…
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Protect your smartphone or laptop from theft of financial or personal information.
We all lock our hotel room doors and make copies of our passports as precautions, but how many of us think about the “digital dangers” of traveling? Nearly everyone travels with a smartphone or laptop, making the possibility of loss, theft, data interception and hard drive damage legitimate threats to personal data like photos, financial…
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Black truffles from perigord, tuscany and yes – Australia.
Aroma and the sweet taste of Perigord Truffles…and YES…from Australia. Expensive little fungi that the ancient Romans and Greeks though were an aphrodisiac. Well, I’m in good company; Louis XIV and Napoleon were also extremely fond of them. Black Truffle Cultivation Unlike the Italian white truffles, black truffles have been cultivated for decades. Cultivation…
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Colorado summer activities
The forecast for summer activities in Colorado calls for big blue skies in the day and cool evenings at any altitude. Claim your share of things to do in Colorado’s mild summer season by getting outside and getting active. Take a hike. Colorado has hundreds of miles of hiking trails that are just your speed.…
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Dallas. travel, tourism, best sights to see.
You’ve got to love a city who’s slogan is “Think Large. Live Big!” And Dallas is big in every way; architecturally striking buildings, a stunning skyline, and magnificent museums in the largest urban art district in the nation. Visit the location of President Kennedy’s assassinationand the Sixth Floor Museum. Why the sixth floor? The museum…
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Napa valley’s best breakfast picks
Before Stepping up to the Tasting Bar, Sit Down to the Most Important Meal of the Day Bed, then breakfast At Calistoga’s Chateau de Vie, bed and breakfast guests dig into a classic winemaker’s breakfast consisting of fresh pastry, eggs scrambled with fresh tarragon and triple crème brie and wild mushroom duxelles, paired with a…
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Meeting the locals at an Indian village in panama
In the far northwestern corner of Panama, tucked up next to the border with Costa Rica, the relatively undiscovered Bocas del Toro islands not only have both beautiful beaches and captivating marine animals, but this archipelago also contains intact indigenous Indian culture. In some locations, respectful visitors can be welcomed in an Ngobe Indian village.…