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  • Following The Mermaid Trail In Norfolk, Virginia
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    Following The Mermaid Trail In Norfolk, Virginia

    ByEileen Ogintz December 19, 2018July 9, 2021

    Families who visit this culturally-diverse and exciting city will also be surprised to hear that Norfolk VA is famous for its interactive Mermaid Trail

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  • Discovering a hidden gem off the tourist track
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    Discovering a hidden gem off the tourist track

    ByEileen Ogintz December 19, 2018July 16, 2021

    Still doing holiday shopping? Take your pick of earrings, necklaces, bracelets, handwoven rugs and baskets — entire roomfuls that are handmade by Native American artisans. Of course, you can shop till you drop anytime!

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  • Visiting The New Family And Pet Friendly Hotel Indigo In Charleston, South Carolina
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    Visiting The New Family And Pet Friendly Hotel Indigo In Charleston, South Carolina

    ByEileen Ogintz December 18, 2018July 14, 2021

    Hotel Indigo is fast becoming Charleston’s premiere upscale option and not just because of its fresh designs and inspiring service, but for its affordability, too. In other words, it’s got Southern Charm in almost every corner of its multiple-star property

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  • At NYC’s One World Observatory: Winter ONEderland
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    At NYC’s One World Observatory: Winter ONEderland

    ByEileen Ogintz December 17, 2018July 8, 2021

    The Winter ONEderland: A Holiday Experience Above It All at One World Observatory in New York City is open until January 7, 2019. I experienced the journey on December 4, 2018 and highly recommend this magical, multi-media fun even

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  • In Zambia: Empowering women through skills and A&K Philanthropy
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    In Zambia: Empowering women through skills and A&K Philanthropy

    ByEileen Ogintz December 14, 2018July 14, 2021

    This project, one of several here run by Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropies, is designed not only to bring money into the village—the bikes sell from $25 to $120, with people coming from Livingstone to purchase them—but to empower women, explained Mabvuto Phiri, who is showing us around the village

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  • Taking the Kids — gifts for your favorite travelers, include some that give back
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    Taking the Kids — gifts for your favorite travelers, include some that give back

    ByEileen Ogintz December 13, 2018July 14, 2021

    I spent a few days perusing what’s new at the Outdoor Retailer show in Denver recently, chatting with passionate innovators, and came away with some ideas for your favorite travelers — kids, adults and even the four-legged ones

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  • A special family connection at Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa
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    A special family connection at Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa

    ByEileen Ogintz December 12, 2018July 16, 2021

    Jack Prater’s mom offered a trip to each of her three children on their 13th birthdays to the  Sanctuary Makanyane Safari Lodge in the huge Madikwe Game Preserve of South Africa

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  • Not just any park – Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
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    Not just any park – Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

    ByEileen Ogintz December 12, 2018July 14, 2021

    This isn’t just any park.  It’s the vast malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa, some 185,000 acres in the North West Province bordering Botswana to the North

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  • A world apart: life in a South African Township
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    A world apart: life in a South African Township

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2018July 6, 2021

    We are outside of Cape Town in Langa, a historic South African Township, just a little more than one square mile but home to more than 60,000 people, many living in abject poverty

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  • A Sobering History Lesson– Robben Island
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    A Sobering History Lesson– Robben Island

    ByEileen Ogintz December 11, 2018July 14, 2021

    Mlilwana “Sparky” Sparks was just 17 when he was sentenced in 1983 to the notorious South African Prison Robben Island, less than five miles west of the Cape Town Coast

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