Travel
Traveltizers: Starstruck in Hollywood South
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Some people prepare for trips by researching facts and reserving accommodations. I prepare for them by watching movies. I hope that, in some mystical way, the film will help me better understand the culture of the place I’m about to visit.
Traveltizers: United by Passion: Baltimore’s Unique Museums
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One minute I'm outside the American Visionary Art Museum, gazing at a 55-foot-tall whirligig. It spins, it whirls, it catches light and splatters it onto a nearby wall covered with fragments of mirror and tile.
Traveltizers: Russia: Cruising the Waterways of the Tsars
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“Russia is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” said Winston Churchill in a 1939 radio broadcast.
Traveltizers: The Superlatives of Banff
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I’m standing atop an expanse of ice that’s as thick as the Eiffel Tower is tall.
Traveltizers: Savannah: Stately Old and Proudly New
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Historic buildings are a given in Savannah. After all, it’s the oldest city in Georgia. It was the Colonial capital when the area was ruled by Britain, and it was the first capital when the colony became a state.
Traveltizers: A Time-Traveling Trip to an Earlier America
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I’m standing on a mesa 370 feet above the New Mexican desert. The sky is turquoise blue, the winds are blowing, and nearby a few people are making pottery while others are preparing food on outdoor ovens.
Watch Your Manners When You Travel
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Traveling abroad is stressful enough without accidentally offending the people you’re visiting.
Traveltizers: Finding India in Artesia
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I pass on wearing a bindi (red dot) on my forehead, because in many parts of India it has a religious significance, but I do want to don a sari.
Traveltizers: In Their Shoes: Special Museums with a Personal Touch
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It’s one thing to envision yourself as a fictional person who represents a group of anonymous folks, like a soldier or farmer. It’s another to imagine the thoughts of a real man or woman whose story has been well documented.