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Greece: Travel Inspiration

No matter where your travels in Greece take you you are welcomed by hearty Greek cuisine, warm hospitality, and the echo of myth and legend create a journey steeped in wonder and timelessness. Mainland Greece is a treasure trove of ancient history, dramatic landscapes, and vibrant culture. Athens, the cradle of Western civilization, enchants with [...]

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Travel Inspiration: The Galapagos. Journey to The Enchanted Isles.

Close your eyes and conjure up a lost paradise, an untouched place where animals rule and man is but an awkward biped. A place where sea lions claim sandy beaches as their playgrounds and where the shoulders of volcanoes shelter quiet coves teeming with marine life. Now open your eyes—and you’ve arrived in the Galápagos, [...]

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Travel Inspiration: Peaks & Valleys. The Captivating Contrasts of Nepal.

The tiny kingdom of Nepal, ringed by the Himalayas and wedged between India and Tibet, is a land of contrasts and a treasury of sacred art and architecture. Two millennia of peaceful coexistence have produced a unique blend of Hinduism and Buddhism that is distinctly Nepalese in character. The mountains soar thousands of feet into [...]

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Travel Inspiration: On the Amber Trail Through the Baltic Countries. Lithuania, Latvia, & Estonia.

Perhaps you once knew them as the “Baltic States”— Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. If so, it’s time to brush up on your modern history. That was their moniker back during the Socialist era, when Moscow claimed this slice of the pie around the Baltic Sea, much to the Balkans’ consternation. Today, as three free nations, [...]

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Travel Inspiration: Imperial Cities of Eastern Europe: Prague, Vienna, & Budapest.

Delve into the history of Eastern Europe, and you find some of the Western world’s most colorful characters. The Romans, who took control of the Danube in the name of the empire. The Ottomans, who helped themselves to Budapest and left the place with a Near East spin. The mighty Habsburgs, who threw their weight [...]