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Postcard: Rockland, Maine 9/15/2020
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This is a postcard from Rockland, Maine.
The logistics
I bought a car in 2015. One of the purchase incentives was a travel coupon I could redeem for a free hotel in Paris, $50 flights to Hawaii,...
"Hidden Gems": It's Mortifying 9/1/2020
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Postcard: Flüeli-Ranft 8/11/2020
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In 2014, I took Gina on a Grand Tour of Europe.
We visited London, Paris, Chartres, Normandy, Reims, Strasbourg, Flüeli-Ranft and Lucerne, Switzerland, Milan, and Rome.
This is a postcard from...
Postcard: Salt Lake City 7/28/2020
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In September, 2019, we took a trip out west.
Our vacation consisted of stops in: Salt Lake City, UT, Blackfoot, ID, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho Falls, ID, Arco, ID and Craters-of-the-Moon Na...
Stop Fetishizing Locals 7/7/2020
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This is not a rant.
I come not to complain, but to liberate you.
It's not difficult to find travel writers who fetishize locals. Travel like a local! Get the inside scoop from locals! Go where t...
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