by tempuser_3126073730 | Jun 14, 2025
You think dating is hard? Try finding your future spouse from a tiny number of prospective singletons separated by glacial valleys, volcanoes, and lava flows. Then add into the mix the possibility that unbeknownst to you, you’re related. In Iceland, dating has a...
by tempuser_3126073730 | Jun 10, 2025
I hadn’t been to Nice for about twenty years. On my way to a river cruise starting in Lyons, I thought that Nice was a good place to spend a couple of days and knock my jet lag on its head. There is no easy way to adjust from a twenty-four-hour-plus journey from...
by tempuser_3126073730 | Jun 10, 2025
When you step off the plane in Hawaii, life begins to slow down. The air is thick with humidity, palm trees sway in the warm breeze and colorful flowers are everywhere. Even in Honolulu, a capital city of over 850,000 inhabitants on the island of Oahu, the pace is...
by tempuser_3126073730 | Jun 10, 2025
Québec City is unique among North American cities. Founded by French settlers in 1608, the city has clung tenaciously to its cherished roots. With its cobblestone streets, 17th- and 18th-century architecture, and outdoor cafes, Old Québec has a European-style charm...
by tempuser_3126073730 | Jun 9, 2025
The afternoon sun back-lit the band with its white-hot glare. The postage-stamp-sized stage at Robert’s Western World is against the front windows. It barely contains the quartet with their stand-up fiddle, drum set, and guitars. I was entrenched on an aged chrome...
