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If I could design three weeks of your leisure life, I would simply replicate the way I spent three weeks of mine from April 25 to May 15.
In a span of 21 days, I experienced three widely divergent cruises, all within a relatively compact region of Europe. The cruises took me on a river, [...]
Ah, Valencia, that sparkling region on Spain’s Mediterranean coast: home to fine food, exquisite wine, sparkling citrus orchards (the Valencia orange originated here), beaches and bodegas — and today, the new Oceania Riviera.
The distractions here are plentiful enough to keep the energetic traveler on the go 24/7. But to truly appreciate Valencia and to [...]
In 1842, author Charles Dickens famously crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a publicity tour of America. The entire concept of regularly scheduled passenger service from Europe to North America was still in its infancy, and the man who would give us tales like A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist was none too impressed with the [...]
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