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  • Exploring the beautiful villas along the shore of Lake Como, Italy
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    Exploring the beautiful villas along the shore of Lake Como, Italy

    ByEileen Ogintz October 28, 2014July 15, 2021

    Could this place be any more beautiful? The three-story villa is directly on the lake shore located in Laglio between Cernobbio and Tremezzo on Lake Como, with private dock and lake access.

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  • George Clooney’s temporary neighbors discover the virtures of a Lake Como villa
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    George Clooney’s temporary neighbors discover the virtures of a Lake Como villa

    ByEileen Ogintz October 27, 2014July 15, 2021

    I think George Clooney is lucky to have a villa in the tiny village of Laglio—just 700 people on Lake Como in northern Italy. I can say that from personal experience because I am the Clooneys’ neighbor—well, their temporary neighbor at a lakefront villa

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  • To Deer Valley, where guests say ‘no snowboarders!’
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    To Deer Valley, where guests say ‘no snowboarders!’

    ByEileen Ogintz October 22, 2014July 15, 2021

    Instead of frustrating hours at the airport, we spent a blue sky day on Deer Valley’s famously groomed slopes, stopping for an excellent lunch. (Deer Valley is as famous for its eats as it is for its grooming and customer service.)

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  • Using interpretation and technology to revive the 18th Century in Williamsburg VA
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    Using interpretation and technology to revive the 18th Century in Williamsburg VA

    ByEileen Ogintz October 16, 2014July 9, 2021

    The idea in the Historic Triangle — home not only to this recreated 18th-century city but also to the living-history museums Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center, is to use interactive activities, 21st-century technology and costumed interpreters

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  • After the wedding, time to explore the Charlottesville VA area
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    After the wedding, time to explore the Charlottesville VA area

    ByEileen Ogintz October 16, 2014July 9, 2021

    Correspondent Melissa Miller had time to spend touring the Charlottesville VA area after a spectacular wedding this month. Here is her report.

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  • A family visit to New Bedford MA, once America’s whaling capital
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    A family visit to New Bedford MA, once America’s whaling capital

    ByEileen Ogintz October 15, 2014July 9, 2021

    The New Bedford Whaling Museum is the largest museum in the country devoted to the story of whaling and the history and seafaring traditions of Massachusetts’ south coast region.

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  • Monticello is super kid-friendly, just like Thomas Jefferson was
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    Monticello is super kid-friendly, just like Thomas Jefferson was

    ByEileen Ogintz October 13, 2014July 9, 2021

    It is only fitting that the home of our third President and the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence is so kid friendly. Jefferson was very fond of his 12 grandchildren, many of whom lived here with him after his retirement

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  • A high schooler leaves his comfort zone in Costa Rica
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    A high schooler leaves his comfort zone in Costa Rica

    ByEileen Ogintz October 12, 2014July 7, 2021

    Luis Cruz had never traveled far from home. This summer he got the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica with a group that sponsors community service trips. This is his diary of the trip.

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  • What the kids say about 18th Century Williamsburg VA
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    What the kids say about 18th Century Williamsburg VA

    ByEileen Ogintz October 10, 2014July 9, 2021

    What’s it like to see 18th Century history unfold in the street of Colonial Williamsburg, VA? We asked some of the “junior interpreters” what they thought.

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  • 21st Century meets 18th in Colonial Williamsburg – huzzah!
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    21st Century meets 18th in Colonial Williamsburg – huzzah!

    ByEileen Ogintz October 9, 2014July 9, 2021

    21st Century meets 18th Century—that’s the idea of Colonial Williamsburg. The audience was enthralled by the street theater Revolutionary City where costumed interpreters play out different aspects of the politics surrounding the American Revolution.

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