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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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  • 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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