| Whether you are an adventurous traveler
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| | others can walk for miles without a
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| who scales mountains and hikes
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| | break. After spending a week in France
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| through jungles or you are a lover of
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| | looking at buildings designed by the
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| creature comforts who lives for five star
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| | architect Corbusier, I finally rented a
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| hotels, travel will teach you some of
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| | car
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| life's great lessons. It does not matter
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| | and went to San Tropez. Everyone was
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| if you were born a beach bum or are an
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| | happier after that.
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| art enthusiast travel will enrich your
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| | Rain is beautiful too: The sun does not
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| life.
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| | have to shine to make a place
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| Whether you prefer traveling in groups
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| | beautiful; standing in the rain in a
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| or going it alone, if you are a
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| | rain forest is as beautiful as sitting in
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| planner or spontaneous your life will
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| | the sun in Portofino.
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| benefit by traveling away from what you
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| | Beauty is all around you, just look and
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| know. You don't have to go far, you may
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| | see: Treat yourself to the
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| or may not cross oceans, take a plane,
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| | colors in the landscape in New Mexico
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| train or car the important thing is that
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| | and the lack of contrast between the
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| you explore the world outside of your
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| | water, ice and landscape on a cloudy day
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| community.
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| | in Newfoundland.
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| What will you discover?
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| | New York City is not the US, Paris is
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| Look at the familiar through new eyes:
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| | not France: You learn not to
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| Travel to a place you know well
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| | judge a country by one city - New York
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| with someone who has never been there
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| | City is not representative of the United
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| before. On a trip to Pittsburgh, where I
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| | States and Paris is not representative
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| grew up, my niece and her boyfriend
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| | of France.
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| showed me a city full of unique and
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| | Old is a state of mind: In some
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| charming
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| | countries old is measured in thousands
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| old neighborhoods, museums dedicated to
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| | of years in other countries it is
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| things such as ketchup, Andy Warhol and
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| | measured in hundreds of years. In people,
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| the birth of the labor movement. I also
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| | old
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| saw that the view of the three rivers
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| | is a state of mind, if you are young
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| from Mount Washington is as beautiful as
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| | look around you at older travelers who
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| any large city vista.
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| | are
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| We are small: Walk through the redwood
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| | walking the same paths as you only with
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| forests in California or hike
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| | canes and walking sticks often with a
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| through Rocky Mountain National Park and
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| | smile on their face.
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| you will discover just how small we
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| | When disaster strikes: Traveling makes
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| are.
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| | you feel empathy when disaster
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| There are more similarities than
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| | strikes. How many people cried after
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| differences: Stand on the shore
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| | Hurricane Katrina remembering the people
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| in Nova Scotia, Canada and then the
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| | they had met in New Orleans or Biloxi?
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| coast of Brittany in France you will
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| | The tourist trade helped revive the
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| notice
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| | economy of Southeast Asia after the
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| the similarities in the landscape and
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| | tsunami hit in 2004.
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| the people even though these two places
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| | Imagine: Take a break and imagine what
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| are separated by an ocean.
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| | daily life is like in the place
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| You can be someone else: I have had
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| | you are visiting, and then think of what
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| people think I was Dutch in Lucca,
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| | it was like a hundred years ago or a
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| Italy and Quito Ecuador, French in
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| | thousand years ago.
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| Venice and German in Rome. In fact the
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| | If someone asks you to sing then sing!:
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| only
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| | Step outside your comfort
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| place people absolutely know that I am
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| | zone, try to speak the language, if
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| American is in Canada. It is fun to play
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| | people are singing join in.
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| along and see where it takes you.
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| | Smiles translate: If in doubt smile,
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| Food can be part of your adventure: You
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| | they mean the same thing in every
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| will find that pretty food is
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| | language. Chances are you will be
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| not always good and ugly food is not
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| | rewarded with a smile in return.
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| always bad. It is not the wine that is
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| | No amount of reading books, watching TV
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| important it is the new and old friends
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| | or listening to music can replace the
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| that you share it with that is
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| | experience of getting up off your couch
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| important.
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| | and going to see it all for yourself.
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| You can be happier if you strike out on
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| | You will never look at the world in the
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| your own: If you are traveling
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| | same way again.Travel author Jackie
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| with a group you do not need to do
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| | Willey enjoys discovering fun places to
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| everything your companions do. Some
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| | visit that many tourists miss. Subscribe
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| have an amazing capacity for art
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