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After the awe wore off from exploring the Spanish Mudéjar-influenced Baroque architecture and traversing volcanic terrain around resplendent Lake Atitlán, a clearer picture of these destinations emerged.
When I wasn't driving down dirt tracts past whitewashed churches to find yet other beaches where I found myself alone, I lounged by poolside many a morning and never saw a soul.
With speedy transit, high-tech connections, top accommodations and relaxing flights, even a short trip can offer a memorable Aussie getaway.
This summer, Ralph Lauren will be exhibiting seventeen outstanding automobiles at Paris' Musée des Arts Décoratifs. The cars featured in the expo are design objects, works of art.
The plane I'm about to board, the super-jumbo Airbus A380, has brought a certain excitement back to air travel since its debut in 2007.
On Friday morning, dozens of friends and family came together to spend a couple of hours with twelve delightful and beautiful orphans from the Sollano Orphanage.
Mention Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley and most tourists think golf, Rat Pack and, if they're music fans, the Coachella Fest. What doesn't spring to mind is agriculture, particularly not the husbandry of dates.
Southerners love their blues the way we New Yorkers love our Broadway. And no matter where I go in the south -- Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, I can never get enough of the raw, gritty blues.
Most people (or 34.9 million to be exact if you believe the AAA) drove to some form of beach or pool this weekend. This year I wasn't one of them. I literally took the road less traveled and headed out to Utah for one final winter ride.
I've been getting a lot of action from the TSA lately. I went through JFK this past week. As usual, I requested not to go through the backscatter machines. And as usual, they tell me that since I mentioned it at all, they have to give me a "pat-down."
Spending a week in Barcelona prior to our departure was like eating dessert first. We fell in love with the city's Catalan cuisine and culture, its unique neighborhoods, and modernist architecture.
Next time you're on that rickety car-rental service shuttle on your way to an immersion program in a mosaic of metallic sheen, reflect on what smaller airport options you might have.
A Kids in the Hall skit once offered this pithy observation: "Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays."
Chances are, few of today's tourists in Cozumel are aware that their jeep caravans are bouncing along a paved road covering the centuries-old footsteps of Mayan pilgrims.
Visiting traditional food markets in foreign countries is one of the best ways to peer into everyday life and understand the appetites and traditions of the local people.
Spread over ten days and eight stages, Morroco's Mawazine festival is a juggernaut of a celebration of diversity and musicality.
Here's how it worked out: We drove the anticipated 2,000 miles. We averaged 49+ miles per gallon, in spite of horrible driving conditions and an unexpected side trip into New Jersey (!).
When you get into town, roll down the windows. It will smell like salt and fried clams and you'll hear seagulls shrieking, which is practically worth the cost of the plane ticket.
Shark finning is legal in Chile, and a serious threat to the estimated 53 species of sharks found in the country's waters. As recently as 2008, Chile exported 36 tons of shark fins to Hong Kong.
Jeanine Barone, 2011.06.03
Lea Lane, 2011.06.03
