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  • Touring the Sites of Rememberance of the Holocaust in Berlin
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    Touring the Sites of Rememberance of the Holocaust in Berlin

    ByEileen Ogintz July 31, 2017July 14, 2021

    “There were many unsung heroes,” said Nadav Jakobovitch, our Tours by Locals guide on our second day in Berlin. He comes from a family of Holocaust survivors by way of Israel

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  • Remains of the Berlin Wall
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    Walking the Berlin Wall – Reconciliation Matters

    ByEileen Ogintz July 30, 2017June 28, 2023

    We had just walked between what had once been called “the death strip,” the area between West Berlin and East Berlin, between the wall and safety of the West

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  • The airport lounge ain’t what it used to be
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    The airport lounge ain’t what it used to be

    ByEileen Ogintz July 27, 2017July 14, 2021

    I’m not flying business class. I’m not a high roller. But I have access to the Wingtips lounge in Terminal Four —and more than 1,000 airport lounges in 500 cities around the world.

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  • Kids flying solo? Advice from Eileen Ogintz in New York Times
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    Kids flying solo? Advice from Eileen Ogintz in New York Times

    ByEileen Ogintz July 27, 2017July 16, 2021

    Eileen offers advice for parents whose children are flying solo in The New York Times

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  • To ski country in summer when it is more affordable
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    To ski country in summer when it is more affordable

    ByEileen Ogintz July 27, 2017June 28, 2023

    Hike one of Colorado’s famous Fourteeners — one of the 50-plus mountains that rise more than 14,000 feet — hike to Vail’s famous Back Bowls through a sea of wildflowers or mountain bike on miles of trails. Welcome to Vail in summer.

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  • Embarrassing your kids doesn’t end after middle school
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    Embarrassing your kids doesn’t end after middle school

    ByEileen Ogintz July 24, 2017July 5, 2021

    If you think embarrassing your kids ends at middle school, think again. My older daughter, 31, seems convinced I’ll somehow embarrass her (perhaps by not being able to keep up) on our upcoming biking river cruise along the Danube

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  • Taking the Kids — to family reunion central
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    Taking the Kids — to family reunion central

    ByEileen Ogintz July 20, 2017August 25, 2022

    As fun as Colorado is in the summer, there’s something more important going on here at the YMCA of the Rockies. “It’s eating and joking around with all of our cousins.”

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  • Walking in Jane Austen’s footsteps in southern England
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    Walking in Jane Austen’s footsteps in southern England

    ByEileen Ogintz July 13, 2017July 14, 2021

    VisitBritain is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Austen’s death (July 18, 1817) with a year’s worth of exhibitions, talks, walks, writing competitions and performances here and elsewhere, like in Bath, where fans come to walk the streets that Austen

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  • Road trip advice without the electronic gadgets – Eileen in Travel+Leisure
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    Road trip advice without the electronic gadgets – Eileen in Travel+Leisure

    ByEileen Ogintz July 11, 2017July 16, 2021

    Eileen offers Travel+Leisure readers advice for keeping kids busy on road trips without resorting to electronic gadgets

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  • On the hiking trail – handy hydration and a comfy “Skort”
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    On the hiking trail – handy hydration and a comfy “Skort”

    ByEileen Ogintz July 10, 2017July 16, 2021

    I’ve discovered on a day hike, what I want most is a hydration system so that I can get water when I want it without stopping to get out a water bottle.

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