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How Not to Look Like A Tourist When Traveling in Europe

Friday February 10, 2012
Laurel Robbins
Europe, Holiday Travel, Style, Travel IQ
Dear Travel IQ: My husband and I are making our lifelong dream a reality: this summer, we’re going to Italy! And not just Italy – we’ll be making our way through Germany, France, Belgium and England! Unlike my husband, though, I’m pretty worried about “fitting in”: I don’t want someone…
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5 Charming Christmas Markets in Germany

Thursday December 08, 2011
Laurel Robbins
Europe, Germany, Holiday Travel
Germany has hundreds of Christmas markets – Munich alone has twenty four. Contrary to what many visitors believe, the most charming Christmas markets in Germany are not always the well known ones, but the smaller ones that often have a unique theme. These are often the Christmas markets that are…
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Kayaking with Killer Whales in Johnstone Strait

Tuesday August 14, 2012
Laurel Robbins
Canada, Wild Life
Johnstone Strait, a deep glacier carved passage running between the east coast of Vancouver Island and the west coast of British Columbia mainland, is one of the best places in the world to spot killer whales (also known as orcas). The deep waters of Johnstone Strait are home to the…
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How a Broomstick Can Lead to Food and Wine in Germany

Thursday November 15, 2012
Laurel Robbins
Culinary, Europe, Historical travel
As a tourist to Germany it’s not likely that you will find yourself invited into a local’s house. Germans are famously  reserved at first, but if you keep your eye out for a broomstick over a door, consider it your personal invitation to enter into the house. hungry in germanyThe broomstick represents…
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Three Charming Villages in South West Germany

Monday August 15, 2011
Laurel Robbins
Europe
Some of the most charming villages in Germany look like they came straight out of a storybook, with their half timber houses, walled cities, and look out towers.  Put on your walking shoes, as they are best explored on foot, and prepare to feel you like you have stepped back…
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Shark Diving in Costa Rica

Monday July 25, 2011
Laurel Robbins
Adventure, Costa Rica, Solo Travel, South and Central America, Wild Life
I stood on the edge of the boat peering into the water in full scuba diving gear, hoping to catch a glimpse of what I knew lay below the surface – sharks and lots of them.  Sharks were the reason I had made the 36 hour journey to Cocos Islands,…
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A Marine Conservation Voluntourism Holiday in Scotland

Wednesday July 20, 2011
Laurel Robbins
Europe, Scotland, Voluntourism, Wild Life
I love animals and decided to devote the better part of my summer vacation volunteering with animals, which was how I found myself on a marine conservation voluntourism holiday off the west coast of Scotland through the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust.  Its website promised that volunteers would conduct cetacean…
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    If you are like most who have never been to Hawaii, the state’s islands blend into a mass of unpronounceable vowels and indistinct images of a tropical paradise. The geography of the islands is not difficult, however, and all it takes is one trip to make visitors long to become…

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