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  • Truffle Hunting in Tuscany – Day 2 of Carnival Vista Med Cruise
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    Truffle Hunting in Tuscany – Day 2 of Carnival Vista Med Cruise

    ByEileen Ogintz May 18, 2016July 14, 2021

    We’re on a shore excursion in Tuscany off the Carnival Vista cruise ship, which is sailing the Mediterranean this summer. We’re with experienced truffle hunters Salvatore Cucchiara, a retired policeman, and his son Massimo

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  • Carnival’s newest and largest ship in the Med – first stop Marseilles, France
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    Carnival’s newest and largest ship in the Med – first stop Marseilles, France

    ByEileen Ogintz May 17, 2016July 14, 2021

    Marseilles is our first stop on a 10-day cruise of the Mediterranean on Carnival Vista, Carnival’s new and largest ship, carrying more than 4,000 passengers and nearly 1500 crew.

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  • To Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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    To Great Smoky Mountains National Park

    ByEileen Ogintz May 12, 2016July 9, 2021

    Welcome to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the country with nearly 10 million visitors a year — twice what the Grand Canyon gets.

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  • Indonesia: Unity in Diversity
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    Indonesia: Unity in Diversity

    ByEileen Ogintz May 11, 2016July 14, 2021

    Indonesia is between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, between Asia and Australia, the largest island nation with more than 17,000 islands and a population of over 258 million people.

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  • Last Cuba port call – historic Santiago de Cuba and pirates of the Caribbean
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    Last Cuba port call – historic Santiago de Cuba and pirates of the Caribbean

    ByEileen Ogintz May 7, 2016July 14, 2021

    Historic Santiago de Cuba is home to revolutions, gave birth to Cuban leaders Jose Marti and Fidel Castro and was the scene of Teddy Roosevelt’s famous charge up San Juan Hill.

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  • Second port call in Cuba – beautiful French-inspired Cienfuegos
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    Second port call in Cuba – beautiful French-inspired Cienfuegos

    ByEileen Ogintz May 5, 2016July 14, 2021

    If Cuba had a Paris, Lonely Planet Cuba says, Cienfuegos would be it as it’s arranged around a spectacular natural bay (there are charter sailboats in the harbor and I can only imagine a lot more once Americans discover this place).

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  • TO CUBA ON THE FIRST AMERICAN SHIP TO SAIL HERE IN NEARLY 60 YEARS
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    TO CUBA ON THE FIRST AMERICAN SHIP TO SAIL HERE IN NEARLY 60 YEARS

    ByEileen Ogintz May 5, 2016July 16, 2021

    I’ve learned first hand that encouraging kids to be global citizens, to be comfortable outside their own comfort zones, helps them navigate unfamiliar and difficult turf in their lives as they grow up.

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  • In Havana, meeting people who are starting private businesses
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    In Havana, meeting people who are starting private businesses

    ByEileen Ogintz May 4, 2016October 17, 2023

    Gilberto Valladares Reina has always been a barber—and a dreamer. That’s not always been easy in Cuba, where the government controlled so many aspects of your life.

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  • Into Havana on a “people-to-people” tour from the first American cruise ship in 58 years
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    Into Havana on a “people-to-people” tour from the first American cruise ship in 58 years

    ByEileen Ogintz May 2, 2016July 14, 2021

    Cubans lined the Havana shoreline, cheering loudly as the ship sailed in. Those on board lined the decks cheering, waving Cuban and American flags as Adonia, became the first American ship to enter Havana Harbor in 58 years

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  • How kids like making history on first American cruise to Cuba
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    How kids like making history on first American cruise to Cuba

    ByEileen Ogintz May 2, 2016July 14, 2021

    The Russell kids had spent the last two weeks in the Dominican Republic where they joined in volunteer activities that ranged from wrapping chocolate bars at a women’s collective to helping to lay cement floors for several families.

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