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  • Learning about our presidents from visiting their homes
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    Learning about our presidents from visiting their homes

    ByEileen Ogintz May 26, 2016June 29, 2023

    All around us on a recent sunny Sunday, families were picnicking outdoors, gaping at all of the wild game heads inside and walking on the nature trail at Teddy Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill home.

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  • Visiting Turkey, briefly, in a year of travel warnings
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    Visiting Turkey, briefly, in a year of travel warnings

    ByEileen Ogintz May 25, 2016July 7, 2021

    Although the US State Department has warned about travel in parts of Turkey, we are far away from the unrest and terror threats in the tiny village of Sirince not far from the famous ruins of Ephesus

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  • Shore excursions: Planning ahead is smart
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    Shore excursions: Planning ahead is smart

    ByEileen Ogintz May 24, 2016July 7, 2021

    It seems as if all 4,000 passengers on the Carnival Vista, docked here, this morning are visiting Lindos, which means we’re jammed tight

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  • The entertainment never stops aboard Carnival’s Vista
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    The entertainment never stops aboard Carnival’s Vista

    ByEileen Ogintz May 23, 2016July 7, 2021

    IMAX movie or Sky Ride? No, we’re not in Orlando. We’re in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea aboard Carnival’s new and largest ship VISTA.

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  • No way to diet: 19 restaurants on Carnival Vista
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    No way to diet: 19 restaurants on Carnival Vista

    ByEileen Ogintz May 22, 2016July 7, 2021

    It’s nearly impossible to stay on your diet aboard Carnival’s new and largest ship Vista with some 19 places to eat.

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  • “You can’t live your life being afraid to go anywhere”
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    “You can’t live your life being afraid to go anywhere”

    ByEileen Ogintz May 21, 2016July 7, 2021

    The new Carnival Vista has more than 4,000 passengers and I haven’t run into anyone yet who considered changing their plans not to come due to concerns about terrorism

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  • Carnival’s newest and biggest ship – chock full of kids activities
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    Carnival’s newest and biggest ship – chock full of kids activities

    ByEileen Ogintz May 21, 2016July 14, 2021

    Kudos to Carnival for what they have achieved for families on their new and largest ship, Vista, now sailing in the Mediterranean.

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  • Off the beaten cruise tourism track on Italy’s Amalfi Coast
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    Off the beaten cruise tourism track on Italy’s Amalfi Coast

    ByEileen Ogintz May 20, 2016June 28, 2023

    Every day, Maria Grazia, 80, walks thousands of steep stone steps to and from her home in Minuta, a tiny hamlet high above the Amalfi Coast in southwestern Italy that is among the oldest towns here, dating back before medieval times.

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  • Taking the Kids on a once in a lifetime adventure
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    Taking the Kids on a once in a lifetime adventure

    ByEileen Ogintz May 19, 2016July 14, 2021

    Millennial families, according to the new 2016 MMGY Portrait of American Travelers, are more likely than millennial couples or singles, to travel internationally

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  • Scavenger Hunt in the Vatican Museums? You bet!
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    Scavenger Hunt in the Vatican Museums? You bet!

    ByEileen Ogintz May 19, 2016July 7, 2021

    You wouldn’t guess the always crowded Vatican Museums would be a good place for a scavenger hunt, but it is an ideal vehicle to keep kids interested, says Eva Polino, an art historian and licensed guide

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