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Traveling with teenagers in Italy, France
I’ve been clearing out old files, all to reduce clutter and, no doubt, to make room for more of the same. Rifling through old papers has jogged many a memory, recalling long-ago trips to destinations no longer safe to visit and, in particular, the trips
Estonia: A squishy stroll
In early September of 2014, I walked on a bog in Estonia. I hasten to add that, given I was not adept at this, the walk was very short. Within minutes, I had gotten my boot buried past my ankle in the waterlogged moss that
New York: Touring the 9/11 Museum at Ground Zero
The 9/11 Museum, which opened in 2014, is underground, reaching down about 70 feet to bedrock. It extends under the two memorial reflecting pools that mark the footprints of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, destroyed by terrorists in 2001. The museum had to go
New York: Tickets for the 9/11 Museum
Last year, at my sister’s request, we booked a timed visit to the World Trade Center site in New York where I live, but this year (2014), with the 9//11 Museum now open, she wanted to return to see the new facility. So, we did
Kenya and the world’s largest land mammal
I have a foster elephant, and her name is Kamok. Actually, quite a few people are foster “parents” to the same elephant. This youngster, born in September 2013 in Kenya, was orphaned at birth (natural causes, it says on her paperwork). David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s
New York: The Guggenheim and Italian Futurism
This past week (summer 2014), I had the great good fortune to participate in a guided tour of the current exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue in New York. The show is “Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe.” I was part of a
Kenya and a brilliant idea
On previous trips to Kenya, my game viewing was confined to national parks and national game reserves. Early this summer (2014), I returned with a press group. We did some of our game viewing in the Maasai Mara National Reserve and Amboseli National Park, but
Kenya in the news
This summer (2014), I watched two impalas butt heads while another closely guarded his harem, giraffes munch in the treetops, wildebeests run across a river by the hundreds, a young orphaned elephant drink milk from a bottle and sleepy lions yawn so broadly you could
Korea: Kings, queens and passengers
No one wants a long layover or a long wait for a flight anywhere for any reason. However, my recent several spare hours at the Incheon International Airport in Seoul, Korea, were about as good as a long wait gets. With time to kill, I
