Les Halles Wears a Big New Yellow Hat
20:49 13/05/2016
Old timers remember Les Halles as Paris’ gigantic central produce market. Demolished in the 1970s, it was replaced with an underground shopping mall....
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Help Me Pick Which Cities to Visit on Road Trip USA 2017
19:24 12/05/2016
Along with kittens with soft whiskers and crisp apple strudel, one of my favorite things is giving travel talks. A few years ago I drove through...
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Chasing Sunsets in Santorini
14:38 10/05/2016
Over the past few years, I’ve made a habit of visiting my egregious travel oversights. Amsterdam and Berlin got checked off; Japan and Hong Kong...
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There’s Something For Everyone in Venice
1:04 09/05/2016
For 30 years, I’ve been fascinated by all the goofy gimmicks sold by immigrants on the streets of Europe. The flaming Manneken-Pis cigarette lighters,...
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Top 5 luxury resorts in Phuket, Thailand
13:48 06/05/2016
Phuket has gone through many avatars: from a backpacking haven, to the starting point for two of the luxury hotel world’s most significant names, to the...
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What I fear most about our trip to the USA
12:58 04/05/2016
Yep. I’ve got some fears about our upcoming road trip to the USA. Fears are a normal part of life, and will magnify with the greater risks and...
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Photograph of the week: Eiffel Tower, Paris
11:26 04/05/2016
The Eiffel Tower was never meant to be a permanent landmark – instead, it was built for the 1889 Paris Exposition but of course it still stands to...
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AK Monthly Recap: April 2016
11:14 02/05/2016
Guys, I’m a bit embarrassed at what I’m about to tell you. For the first time in the six years that I’ve been writing this blog, I went...
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Deep in the Heart of Orvieto
21:58 01/05/2016
While it gets plenty of tourists, Orvieto (two hours north of Rome) is a town whose historic and artistic importance is underappreciated. Orvieto was a...
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Dinky in Helsinki: Exploring a Finnish Design Shop
10:58 28/04/2016
The Lure of Finnish Design Shops When the streets outside wear inky black and swathes of snow, it stands to reason that people focus more on what’s...
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