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The magical destination of Tahiti re-opens to international tourism on May 1, 2021. Here’s why you should put Tahiti on your bucket list, especially it’s most famous island, Bora Bora, which sparkles with its diverse marine life, rugged mountain landscapes thick with colorful flowers and deep green trees, and luxurious glass-floored bungalows that seem to float over the pristine turquoise lagoons.
Windstar Cruises will require proof of a current COVID-19 vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test for all guests sailing aboard Windstar’s yachts. The cruise line resumes sailing in June, 2021 to the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Tahiti and Europe.
Where to go next: We’re all itching to travel again after being cooped up for most all of 2020 and so far in 2021. Consider these national parks in Europe as a great escape, with open spaces for peaceful vistas or challenging hiking trails for exercise and adventure.
Explore Antarctica virtually, in a special seven-day FREE online festival that celebrates the extraordinary continent with videos and talks with climate researchers, wildlife conservation experts and more.
Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi on Jan 8, 1935, which celebrates its most famous native year round, not just on his birthday, when there are concerts of Elvis music and screenings of his most popular Hollywood movies. Tupelo is more low-key, and far less glitzy or crowded than Graceland, in Memphis, which he
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It’s one of the most popular and iconic songs of the Christmas season. There’s an interesting story behind the creation of Silent Night, Holy Night, celebrated each Christmas Eve in the tiny chapel in the Austrian Alps where it was first performed 202 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1818. The village is Oberndorf, near Salzburg.
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Itching to get away? Whether you’re an experienced globe-trotter or just need a change of scene, traveling opens your eyes to new cultures and experiences. If you have the travel bug but not sure where to go next, put these three destinations on your list as the cream of the crop for unique, memorable trips.
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K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen, the iconic New Orleans restaurant that helped to cement the city’s reputation as a culinary leader, and made founder Chef Paul Prudhomme and international star, has closed permanently. The world-famous restaurant was established in 1979 by Prudhomme and his wife Kay Hinrichs Prudhomme. What began as a modest 62-seat restaurant on Chartres
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We are traveling more than ever for the holidays, whether that travel is to go home to be with family, or to get away with or without family. So where are we going:? New York City, Cancun and Orlando are the top three destinations, according to a survey by travel insurance company Alliance Global Assistance,
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Some Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals have been extended into what’s now called Cyber Week. Some of the best are travel deals, especially the cyber deals you can book through the end of 2019 for travel through 2021. If you are dreaming about or itching to get away on a bucket list travel experience,
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