Atlantic to Pacific via Panama Canal

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Travel to Portugal – 1st trip post-pandemic Really looking forward to (1) using my passport again.

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Walking where Jesus walked. Part 1

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Taking a day trip out of Haifa, we first stopped in Nazareth, for the Church of the Anunciation, where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, and the Church was built won top of the house where Mary lived  – “and …

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Ceasarea and Haifa, blending cultures and more lessons in humility

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After leaving Tel Aviv, we traveled to Ceasarea. Herod the Great, king of the Jews and probably King when Jesus was born, built a palace fronting the Mediterranean Sea and a huge port where no bay existed in order to …

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Walking Tel Aviv

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Even though it’s a bit warmer here than in SA, everyone has on heavy coats, except the Surfers.  My hotel is on the beach of the Mediterranean Sea and it was very cool to see bike racks for surfboards. There …

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Hard to leave Shanghai (literally and figuratively)

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One of Tauck’s mottos is to “expect the unexpected”, and that was certainly true yesterday. After having a fabulous dinner at a 2 Michelin star restaurant, John George, on Friday night, we were informed about 10:30 pm that our flight …

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I’m loving Shanghai

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Spring in Shanghai is beautiful – and in this biggest city of China, our local guide has taught the group to say in unison “IN THE WORLD” after many of the statements  such as most Starbucks, most high rises, most …

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The beautiful Li River and surrounding mountains

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Bus to train to bus to boat to Buddha And back again

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On Palm Sunday morning, most of the Tauck group got on the bus to the huge, impeccably clean and modern train station in Chengdu.  I thought about getting a blizzard at The DQ so I could think Mom and the …

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I’m running out of superlatives

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After taking a bullet train from Xi’an to Chengdu yesterday, we arrived at the St. Regis.  The countryside on the way was beautiful – while my ignorance about China could fill a library, it is overwhelmingly gorgeous     Another …

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