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The Scent of Cloves
A visit to the wholly unfamiliar local of Zanzibar, Tanzania, is anchored in what is known as the most memorable of the senses The rain had stopped. We waited by a five-passenger plane that was to take...
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Visiting Venice and Venetian Dreams
Visiting Venice: old friends reunite to experience a favorite city’s sights, sounds and flavors side by side My friend Elizabeth flew into Venice from Paris for our reunion. We hadn’t seen each other...
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Pitcairn Island Comes Aboard a Cruise Ship
The inhabitants of Pitcairn Island give cruise-goers a taste of their life We clustered in the cruise ship’s bow, each one trying to be the first to spot Pitcairn Island in hazy morning sun. A tiny...
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Visiting Rome’s Aventine Hill
Aventine Hill: Photo Essay of one of our favorite places to see when visiting Rome My favorite hill of the famous seven in Rome is the Aventine, set between the Tiber, Testaccio quarter and the Circus...
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Meet Travel Belles' Associate Editor, Briana Palma
What a treat! I recently had the pleasure of interviewing The Travel Belle’s own Associate Editor, Briana Palma, on-site in Dublin. Even better, the interview took place during lunch in O’Neill’s, a...
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Volpetti, a Roman Temple of Gastronomy
The food in Rome is a slice of this, that and heaven Rome has St. Peters, the Vatican Museums and the Borghese Gallery. But it also has that temple of high gastronomy known as Volpetti. No visit to...
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Remembrance of Things Past: Christmas in Rome
Memories of Christmas traditions in Italy from an American living in Rome When I’m shopping in Seattle in mid-October and the red poinsettias in their foil-covered pots are already on display for...
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Japan: The Island of Miyajima
The ferry that leaves from a little port thirty minutes north of Hiroshima, Japan, transports passengers to another dimension where the city’s memorials to World War II will be left far behind. A...
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Daytrip from Seattle to Vashon Island
A visit to Vashon Island from Seattle to mark the beginning of summer How is it possible to resist celebrating the summer solstice on an island that the New York Times described as “Mayberry Meets...
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