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Travel• June 24, 2022

Revisiting Vienna: City of Dreams

Barbara Hodes revisits Vienna after a decade, a city and place that is both large and beautiful as well as both ancient and modern...

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The Venetian Art of Discovery, Part II

Travel• May 23, 2022.
Barbara Hodes completes her most thorough tour of this remarkable city; ancient yet modern... READ MORE
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The Venetian Art of Discovery, Part I

Travel• May 17, 2022.
Barbara Hodes takes in the Biennale in Venice, a city she loves intensely, a first trip in five years and a thorough tour for us. Part I of II... READ MORE
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A tour of an ancient land in the 21st century

Travel• May 12, 2022.
Paige Peterson takes us on a private tour of Saudi Arabia where old is new again... READ MORE
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American Friends of Versailles Study Marie Antoinette’s Hapsburg Legacy in Prague, Part II

Social History• January 19, 2022.
Part II of Sharon Hoge’s coverage of the American Friends of Versailles visiting Prague and its historical relationship to Marie Antoinette whose Hapsburg mother was Queen of the empire... READ MORE
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The American Friends of Versailles in Vienna Visit Scenes of Marie Antoinette’s Childhood, Part I

Social History• January 14, 2022.
Sharon Hoge takes us on the annual American Friends of Versailles fundraising visit this year to Vienna and Prague. Part 1... READ MORE
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Going with the flow of the Nile

Travel• November 16, 2021.
Mary Hilliard takes a sailing trip along the Nile to the Great Pyramid of Giza and beyond... READ MORE
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Geoffrey Bradfield’s birthday weekend in La Serenissima

Guest Diary• September 29, 2021.
Debbie Bancroft all in silks and satins reports on Geoffrey Bradfield’s Venetian birthday weekend celebrated in the grand palaces along the Grand Canal... READ MORE
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Now Open! Hôtel de la Marine

Travel• September 17, 2021.
With L’ Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Delia von Neuschatz takes us to Paris and demonstrates how the City of Light is preserving and transforming its public monuments... READ MORE
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OUR TRIP TO GUATEMALA – PART 2

Travel• March 24, 2021.
Jeanne Lawrence takes us on a tour of the “Land of Eternal Spring” and the ancient civilizations that once occupied this beautiful country from La Antigua to Lake Izabal... READ MORE
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THE BEST OF GUATEMALA – PART 1

Travel• March 17, 2021.
Jeanne Lawrence takes us on a private tour of “The Best of Guatemala” (Part 1) a land of spectacular and exotic beauty: “a hidden gem” — The Land of Eternal Spring... READ MORE
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Packing for Travel — Covid Edition

Guest Diary• December 22, 2020.
It’s holiday time and packing for travel be it for the beaches or the ski slopes are the subject at hand with those What To Wear girls, Hilary and Karen... READ MORE
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Sea, Sand and Freedom — Our Escape to St. Barths, Part II

Travel• December 16, 2020.
Barbara Hodes escapes New York for the sea, sand, freedom, and shopping (!) of St. Barths, Part II of II..... READ MORE

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