It’s the last Monday in May on Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire, England, and I’m standing on a frighteningly steep slope, ready to watch 25 daredevils hurl themselves down after a wheel of cheese. This is the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling. “One to be ready!” calls out the master of ceremonies at the top of the […]
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Uzbekistan is a fascinating country, filled with Silk Road history, stunning turquoise mosaics, and some of the best souvenir shopping I’ve ever experienced. I enjoyed my solo trip to Uzbekistan, which I paired with time in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. This was my first trip to Central Asia, and it couldn’t have gone any better! Planning
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Let me tell you something about Madrid that hit me the moment I arrived: it feels like a city built for city connoisseurs. People who love dining, parks, museums, traveling on public transit. I am very much a city person. My favorite thing about exploring cities is getting to pretend like I’m a local for
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Is eating at Les Grands Buffets worth it? If you’ve wanted to feast on endless plates of lobster and foie gras while drinking champagne, this should be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for you! This incredible restaurant in Southern France is one of the most famous restaurants in the entire country, featuring all-you-can-eat classic French dishes for
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If you’re looking to travel to Madagascar, boy, are you in for an adventure! Madagascar is one of the most unforgettable places I’ve ever visited. If you want to see some of the most unusual landscapes and wildlife you’ve ever seen, meet warm and welcoming people, and experience a land only barely touched by tourism,
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What does a typical day look like when you’re sailing the Caribbean on a gorgeous tall ship? Sailing on a Star Clippers cruise could not be more different than a day on one of those overbloated cruise ships! So I decided to write about what an actual day is like aboard the Royal Clipper. There
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Imagine going on a cruise…and finding it full of people who hate cruises. It’s a paradox, isn’t it? And yet that’s exactly what I experienced on my first cruise with Star Clippers, a weeklong Caribbean adventure aboard the Royal Clipper. It began on embarkation day in Barbados. We were standing on the Sun Deck, gazing
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We ended up in Curaçao on a whim — and it ended up being one of our favorite islands in the Caribbean. Between an incredibly cool capital city, some of the bluest water I’ve ever seen, and iguanas everywhere, Curaçao is a destination like no other! Planning your trip to Curaçao last minute? Curaçao is
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If you’re looking for an unusual Christmas market that will surprise you, delight you, and make you feel like a kid again — you’ll fall in love with the Ribeauvillé Christmas Market in France! Located in the heart of the Alsace region, the Ribeauvillé Christmas Market is an interactive medieval market filled with performers who
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If you want to experience the best Christmas markets in France, there should be one destination at the top of your itinerary: Alsace. This German-flavored region in northeast France is home to the best Christmas markets in the country. And boy, does Alsace go all out at Christmas! You’re going to love it here. If
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