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November 2, 2013
The Best Kept Secret at Lake Tahoe
Lake Taho is the North American continent’s largest alpine lake and the highest lake of its size in the United States. It stretches 22 miles long, 12 miles wide, and has 72 miles of shoreline. These spectacular sapphire blue waters are located 200 miles northeast of San Francisco, California.
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Tips for Visiting Alghero, Sardinia
This spring my mom came to visit me in May, and as usual we decided to get away for a long weekend. We have a tradition of leaving the Sweden every time she comes to visit me, and this year we decided to go to Alghero, Italy! It had been almost a year since I had been to Italy, so I was itching to go back.
November 1, 2013
A Closer Look at the Spirit of New Zealand
I dream of sailing on the Spirit of New Zealand, a tall ship built in 1986, when I'm older. Unfortunately, the youngest age they will accept into the youth development program to help run the tall ship for ten days is 15, so I have a few more years to wait.
Machu Picchu, the Doctor, and Me
I walked along the worn stone path, taking in the sights of Machu Picchu - one of the Seven Wonders of the World, where the Incas once lived. Machu Picchu, meaning “Old Peak” in Quechua, was built around 1450. Many people believe Machu Picchu may have been an estate for the Incan ruler Pachacuti, but nobody really knows for sure.
Meadows Museum Unveils New Goya
Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes painted fewer than a dozen portraits between 1820 and 1828, the year he died at 81. But the one that made headlines is Portrait of Mariano Goya, which was recently unveiled at the Meadows Museum in Dallas.
A Kaleidoscope of Color on National Wildlife Refuges
We've shared our passion for National Wildlife Refuges, in How (and Why) to Include National Wildlife Refuges in your Travel Plans.
Snorkeling in the Red Sea: A Photo Adventure
Most of the eyes scanning across this sentence probably don’t belong to people that have gone snorkeling; even fewer to people who’ve gone snorkeling in the Red Sea on the coral beaches of Eilat, Israel. It’s a rare opportunity, but one that I was recently privileged to experience.
Tips for Visiting Cinque Terre
Last year we took a two week vacation to Italy to visit friends and to go to Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre has long been on my list to visit and I always meant to go when I lived there but somehow I never got around to it and then when I wanted to go, it was too late as I was moving away.
