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21 Jul 2023
“Our affection for Prague has only deepened. It does still feel magical”—American cookbook writer Melissa Joulwan. She & her partner are the forces behind the @strongsenseof podcast on literary travel/books. They’ve lived in #Prague for 6 years | @expatscz buff.ly/3XABNms
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20 Jul 2023
From seeing the #NorthernLights aboard a Navy ship in Norway to the “oceanic feeling” of noticing stars everywhere on a walk back to a youth hostel in Britanny, France, 9 readers of @atlasobscura share their best “summer night sky” stories buff.ly/44ySgds #darksky #stars
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19 Jul 2023
Mourning the loss of #JaneBirkin, the “little English girl” who came to Paris in the 1960s & became a French icon. As she once put it: “So Paris became my home. I’ve been adopted here. They like my accent.” She died at home in Paris on July 16 | @guardian buff.ly/3NRpU77
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18 Jul 2023
Americans TJ & Tony have decided to quit their jobs, give away nearly everything they own & move from the US to France. They’ve just arrived in Nice as part of a scouting trip to the south of France—& are finding it far hotter than they’d expected!buff.ly/3Q0mbqs #expat
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14 Jul 2023
From Sriracha to coffee to seafood, these ten foods produced & consumed around the world are growing more expensive due to climate change | @fodorstravel buff.ly/3NNW1Vj #foodfriday #climatecrisis
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13 Jul 2023
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13 Jul 2023
“I recommend checking out the Ducasse sur Seine lunch cruise”: one of the many gems in @LindseyTramuta’s treasure trove of recommendations for a memorable summer in Paris—her own & those of several locals buff.ly/3DuHeKx #Paris #France #ttot
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13 Jul 2023
The expansion of global trade & exploration in 16th-c England had an impact on tastes & fashions. Lauren Woking & @emilylsteve, an expert on 16th-c travel writing, introduce 6 artefacts that speak to how the Tudors caught the #travel bug | @historyextra buff.ly/3pGaTNi
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13 Jul 2023
Idioms—one of the joys of #languagelearning, providing insight into culture and also fun to use. From being in the fifth pine to looking for the cat w/ 3 feet to finding your half orange, here are 20 delightful #Spanish idioms | @mental_floss buff.ly/44nTEzl
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11 Jul 2023
Do you post on social media when you #travel ? I prefer to take a break for as long as possible. How about you? #traveltribe
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12 Jul 2023
“Looking back I’m proud of myself, I never missed or was short of anything”: Iceland-born, Lima-based clothing designer Matthildur Halldorsdottir went from Lima to Amsterdam, Lisbon & finally Morocco, w/ just a carry-on; she offers #packingtips buff.ly/3rw9eKH
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12 Jul 2023
Do you want to publish stories from your travels, but don't know where to start? Longtime editor of National Geographic Publishing and full-time freelance travel writer, Barbara Noe Kennedy, is leading a live Zoom class on Wednesday, July 26th, 2-4 pm EST: wow-womenonwriting.com/class…
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12 Jul 2023
“This book is perfect to consume in audio format”: @book_problem on *The Last Colony*, by @philippesands, w/c tells the story of how Britain forcibly displaced the residents of its last colony in Africa, the Chagos Islands, using personal accounts buff.ly/44FtTdL
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12 Jul 2023
When she met Anglo-Russian equine explorer Alexandra Tolstoy, Sarah Siese couldn’t spell the name of Kyrgyzstan, let alone place it on the map. She is now a convert to exploring its landscape & traditions of hospitality, on horseback | @_houseandgarden buff.ly/3JNDx5Y
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8 Jul 2023
This is my first return to Skagen after falling in love with “Seaside Hotel!” Coming back in 2 weeks and planning to rent a bike and go all over!
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A slice of inspiration from Transylvania and Hungary: curd cheese and fresh apricots, a drizzle of honey and a sprinkle of thyme. Served on toast. It's also lovely with cherries and ricotta. Have a lovely weekend everyone.
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8 Jul 2023
I’m really enjoying the darkly comic stories in PEOPLE FROM BLOOMINGTON by the late Indonesian writer Budi Darma (translated by @TiffTsao).
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9 Jul 2023
“The flowers in England are next level”: international creative @JLScott of the #dailyconnoisseur is taking a break from #California to spend three months in a flat in the #UK that was designed by her mother-in-law. She shares details of her everyday life buff.ly/3NCQJMa
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9 Jul 2023
A Japanese railway company is introducing a simultaneous translation system to accommodate the rising number of foreign tourists. It will help station staff communicate in 12 languages, including English, Vietnamese & Portuguese | @NHKWORLD_News buff.ly/3XI4cqy #Japan
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8 Jul 2023
“A love-letter to Japanese culture, landscape & literature”: The latest offering from international creative Nick Bradley, (@nasubijutsu), in w/c an American translator living in #Japan undertakes a life-changing translation exercise | @BookReviewsAsia buff.ly/46Bw57L
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