Peter Greenburg - Pope Francis has announced that he is not traveling for most of the year. So if the Pope isn’t coming to you, well, you’ll just have to go see him yourself.
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secretsofparis.com - If you are looking for a light, well-written and comprehensive guidebook to Paris, I recommend Duncan J.D. Smith's Only in Paris: A guide to unique locations, hidden corners and unusual objects (2013).
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The Amateur Traveler - I thought this photo showed some of the best and worst of Santorini.
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Mapplr - The Basque Country Spain (and France) is an ideal place to spend a three-day weekend if you like good food and wine, and want to explore the delights of San Sebastian. Here is the itinerary I followed, with recommended hotels, restaurants and wineries.
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EuroCheapo - Is it even possible to write a fresh word on Paris? “La ville lumière” is Europe’s most celebrated destination for tourists and it has attracted a galaxy of fine travel writers.
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VisitBritain Super Blog - Feast your eyes on some of the most beautiful coastal photography from our flickr group
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Viator - For being such a large country, Canada is a little known cruise destination. Most people’s minds immediately go to tropical destinations like the Caribbean or Mediterranean when they think of cruising; however, a cruise farther north is just as fun and memorable.
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CNN - "Warmly welcome Simon Cockerell David." The colorful, electric sign was something of an unusual and unexpected greeting for Briton Simon Cockerell, 35, who this week embarked on a landmark visit to Sinuiju, North Korea's largest border town.
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USA Today - The unofficial start to summer is one of Las Vegas' most action-packed weekends.
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today.com - The Burma Shave signs are long gone and Route 66 exists in name only but this summer travelers can hit the road in a rig that truly recalls the glory days of the Great American Road Trip.
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today.com - Summer vacationers can find a range of activities in the Aloha state, from volcano tours to culinary gems to whale watching. But where does one go in the archipelago? Discover the best spots that Hawaii has to offer with these island trip tips.
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New York Times - The Chicago O’Hare International Airport will be the first airport in the United States to implement Automated Passport Control, a new technology designed to expedite customs clearance, the Chicago Department of Aviation announced recently.
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Wall Street Journal - Check out the images behind stories making news world-wide.
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NBC News - A U.S. Border Patrol agent escorts a group of undocumented immigrants into custody with helicopter support from the U.S. Office of Air and Marine on May 20, near the U.S.-Mexico border in Havana, Texas.
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Wall Street Journal - Check out the images behind stories making news world-wide.
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Peter Greenburg - Congratulations! You’re lucky enough to visit Paris, one of the greatest cities in the world, not once but twice. Odds are pretty good that you already went to the top of the Eiffel Tower, gaped in awe at Notre Dame, and got a photo of yourself smiling next to the Mona Lisa.
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Gadling - Game of Thrones fans can now visit familiar filming locations on new walking tours around Belfast, Northern Ireland and Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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Consumer Traveler - Processing a credit card charge for overseas purchases used to be pretty simple. You swiped your card while on vacation, your bank changed the money from pesos or euros into greenbacks, and the amount you’d spent appeared on your bill. Maybe you paid a small conversion fee, but you also got a competitive exchange rate.
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Matador Network - Craft beer in America is more popular than ever. Today’s drinkers become more educated by the day, and the breadth of choices available to them has never been so extensive.
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Gadling - From the 17th to 19th century, Grand Tourists (usually from England) would set out on a journey of discovery.
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Intelligent Travel - Albuquerque native Clayton Abbey has lived all around the U.S. (including a nine-year stint in NYC) and in southern Mexico.
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Gadling - The Museum of the Moving Image in New York City has announced it will build a special gallery devoted to the art of Jim Henson.
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Hotel Chatter - One of the questions we get asked the most (after "Can you get me a free hotel room?") is, "What hotel booking site do you use?" Our answer often varies depending on the city, the time of year and whether the trip is business or pleasure, but we've definitely got a few sites that we trust more than others.* So allow us to round them up for you here:
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Gadling - It's getting to be that time of year again. People are heading to the beaches, especially around the Mediterranean.
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Hotel Chatter - It’s midnight when we return to the Fairmont Pacific Rim after a night out on the town in Vancouver. When we walk into the Lobby Lounge, the place is overflowing with well-dressed lookers--locals, guests and residents of the hotel. And we know why.
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EuroCheapo - There are more opportunities to get cultured on the cheap in London that you’d expect, and classical music is no exception. Whether you’re up for bagging a last-minute standing ticket or booking in at a special concert, London’s classical music scene has something for all pockets.
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Fodors - Even at your favorite, go-to department store, shopping gets exhausting. Particularly when you just go in to get one thing and you wind up browsing for 3 hours. And by then, you're famished.
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Hotel Chatter - It's the same song every spring and summer--people begin to make their travel plans to Europe, but international airfares can sometimes kill a budget. However, if there's any consolation, you can make up for that top-dollar ticket by staying at these new and affordable hotels.
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Hotel Chatter - While researching hotels in the Hungarian capital this past January, we came across the usual brands (InterContinental, Four Seasons, Autograph Collection). But amidst all the grand palaces and five-star spas, there was one small boutique hotel we simply couldn't pass over: the Casati Budapest Hotel.
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Fodors - Guinness, fiddles, and all-around Celtic madness: you've waited your whole life to pub hop in Ireland. But on your visit to the Emerald Isle, why not island hop as well?
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Gadling - Love letters from fans bundled with a ribbon. A Giovanni Boldini painting worth more than $2 million. Hairbrushes caked in 70 years worth of dust. All sitting right where the owner left them during World War II.
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Everything Everywhere - Vicenza represents a unique artistic achievement in the many architectural contributions from Andrea Palladio integrated within its historic fabric and creating its overall character. Through its architecture, the city has exerted exceptional influence on architectural and urban design in most European countries and throughout the world.
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NBC News - A cloud of ash belches out of Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano, some 55 km from Mexico City, as seen from Paso de Cortes, in the Mexican central state of Puebla, on May 20.
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NBC News - The remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20.
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CNN - Drawbridges, moats and towering turrets that bear menacing defensive positions -- royal households have traditionally taken to fighting off outsiders with an array of medieval deterrents.
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USA Today - As we've said many times, the best airfare deals are only sometimes available on the airlines' own websites, and many of them come in the form of promo-code deals and special offers.
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Intelligent Travel - You’ve probably been hearing a lot about Millennials these days — from an ultimately positive review in Time to whole books on the subject with titles ranging from Generation Me to Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation is Remaking America.
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Guardian - Historic, mainly rural Shropshire has an unspoilt and uncrowded feel rare among English counties. These holiday cottages reflect the unique charm of a county with Shrewsbury and Telford at its core, plus a Unesco world heritage site in Ironbridge Gorge
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Guardian - Hand-drawn maps are enjoying a renaissance as contemporary artists use their imagination, creativity and humour to breathe new life into the traditional craft of cartography. Here are 10 of the best
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Guardian - Jet lag can really take the edge off an exciting long-haul holiday, or exacerbate the post-break blues. But remedies are at hand
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Guardian - North America's diverse climate, geography and wildlife are the subject of an impressive new series on the Discovery Channel. It is narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor and spans the continent from the Canadian Rockies to the jungles of Belize.
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BBC - The guests checking into Albuquerque’s Hotel Parq Central today are very different than the ones who checked in 87 years ago, when the building served as the Santa Fe Hospital.
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The Province - Two decades ago, the city of Portland's Yellow Bike Project put hundreds of canary-colored two-wheelers on the streets for public use.
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Indie Travel Podcast - Spain is a beautiful country, with an incredible history, fantastic food and wonderful people. It is a great place to go on holiday, but you shouldn’t plan to move there without being aware of the limitless amount of frustration that lies before you.
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Bootsnall - There’s something to be said about the road less traveled. And I certainly did that as I turned a quick 90-mile journey from Miami to Cuba into a trip of over 4,000 miles. Was it worth it? Absolutely.
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The Province - “Trust me, we’ll see someone famous.” With those words I set in motion the eye rolls and knowing smirks of derision that parents are all too familiar with.
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The Province - Visitors look at the scripture “Ray” created by Indian artist Subodh Gupta at Jing’an Sculpture Park in Shanghai, China. Jing’an Sculpture Park, on Beijing West Road west of the North-South Expressway, is an oasis of green among high-rise apartment blocks.
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EuroCheapo - Even in a city as vibrant as Barcelona, staying in a ho-hum hotel can make a grand vacation bland. Your stay will be much more enjoyable if you can find accommodation that feels as alive as the city itself.
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VisitBritain Super Blog - The British royal family are a lot gentler today than in days gone by. Many historic royals led explosive lives that revolved around death and controversy, and the palaces they called home bore witness to their dramatic intrigues.
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Viator - Guatemala might not be what comes to mind when you think of ‘travel with kids’, but this small Central American country actually has a lot to offer when it comes to family friendly travel.
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kitchen.almostfearless.com - I’ve been cooking a lot of Mexican food, most of it doesn’t make it onto the blog — because I don’t measure ingredients, I just do a dash-of-this a dash-of-that which makes for terrible recipes.
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BA High Life - Some of the most picturesque and fascinating city rivers and waterways in the world
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Mapplr - Mapplr’s Travel Guide Avignon presents our editors’ selection of the best hotels and restaurants in Avignon, must-see attractions and shopping recommendations in the city.
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Perceptive Travel - From gumboot throwing in Taihape and the ‘running of the sheep’ in Te Kuiti to Wellington’s Wearable Arts, Queenstown’s Birdman competition, and Oamaru’s Steampunk festival, there’s no shortage weird and wacky festivals around New Zealand showcasing the country’s unique sense of humor, understated eccentricities, and the infamous Kiwi ingenuity.
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EuroCheapo - As my regular readers will have caught on to by now, I’m a huge fan of budget hotels, and specifically those in Paris.
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Viator - Backpacking around the world can be surprisingly cheap if you don’t mind roughing it at times and are willing to arrange your trip independently.
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Everything Everywhere - The Rugged Coastline of Costa Brava, Spain
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NBC News - A pile of ice and debris nearly covers homes in Ochre Beach, in Canada's Manitoba province, May 11. Strong winds on Friday evening pushed the ice on Dauphin Lake ashore onto Ochre Beach, a summer community about 125 miles northwest of Winnipeg.
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Wall Street Journal - Check out the images behind stories making news world-wide.
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The Atlantic - Over the past week, dozens of tornadoes have touched down in the plains states, from Texas to Illinois, and more turbulent weather is expected.
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NBC News - Photographers gather around garden gnomes during the Chelsea Flower Show press day in London on May 20.
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NBC News - Maeghan Hadley, right, of 1 Day Ranch, a pet rescue and rehabilitation center, reaches for a kitten pulled from underneath the rubble of a mobile home destroyed by Sunday's tornado in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park near Shawnee, Okla., May 20, 2013.
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Boston.com - One of the most desperately poor, war-torn nations on earth, Afghanistan attracts our attention mostly for the wrong reasons.
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Consumer Traveler - While known for its pristine beaches, breathtaking national parks, desert oases, urban playgrounds, museums and theme parks, California visitors will find that the best way to see the Golden State is on a family road trip. From north to south or east to west, California offers families a number of fun ways to hit the road this summer.
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Matador Network - WITH The Great Gatsby in theaters, the 1920s are back — or at least an opulent, sexed-up, oddly hip-hop version of them is. But where would J-Gatz party if he were around today, and not, uh…fictional?
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Gadling - Cruise travelers who are turned off by the big ship ocean cruising experience or just want to try something different, increasingly turn to a river cruise.
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Gadling - A famous skate park on the South Bank of London may be turned into yet another stretch of retail sameness.
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Travel Blissful - While not traditionally considered a live music mecca like Austin or New Orleans, Chicago’s concert scene is a thriving one, with the city having produced some of the biggest names in music these days.
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Peter Greenburg - As summer approaches, it’s time to think about how to keep the kids entertained. And some of the big theme parks are coming up with creative ways to get your attention.
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Soul Travelers 3 - Did you know you can travel to China to learn more about Traditional Chinese Medicine? We were really pleased to experience the unique wellness travel tours and medical tourism available in Beijing through China Medical Tourism International.
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Fodors - Doing Disney right means more than just booking a flight and snapping up a pair of Mickey ears. You need to do a bit more homework to really knock the trip out of the park.
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Gadling - It's an old tradition here in Europe: sit down for a meal and at the center of the table is a little bottle of olive oil for using on your bread and other food. In the finer restaurants you'll often get a dipping bowl too.
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Peter Greenburg - You’re getting ready to travel. You’ve googled your heart out and still aren’t sure your if the choices are authentic, interesting or the overall best places based on your time and budget. You have a list, but it’s becoming overwhelming.
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Gadling - When using his GoPro to capture grizzlies in Alaska, Brad Josephs got a little more than he bargained for when one of the bears tried to eat his camera. As the curious bear tried to decide whether or not to eat the camera, Josephs caught some eerie footage of the inside of its mouth.
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