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Ireland | Sculpt it and they will come
Alongside a desolate road in the wilds of Connemara, Ireland, is this enormous stone sculpture of a mythical giant. The tourist guides say that if you touch his hand, you will have good luck. You probably think it’s an ancient Gaelic effigy with historical implications like the Blarney Stone. Think again. This is the most…
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Weird but Wonderful | One Stop Shopping
Alongside a road in County Kilkenny, Ireland
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Dublin | Little Girl, Big Talent
When I saw the little girl with the pony tail setting up her microphone on Grafton Street in Dublin, I thought, “How cute.” When she opened her mouth to sing, a song that she had written herself, I was mesmerized. Ashley is nine years old. The schoolgirl from Mullingar, Ireland, picked up her sister’s guitar…
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Ireland | Green, green Éire
“Dear Erin, how sweetly thy green bosom rises! An emerald set in the ring of the sea. Each blade of thy meadows my faithful heart prizes, Thou queen of the west, the world’s cushla ma chree.* ” John Philpot Curran (1750-1817) Irish politician and orator From County Cork to Connemara, I was struck by the…
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GUEST POST Norway | Kviknes Hotel | Cecilie Moestue
Summer in Norway conjures up visions of magnificent fjords and the spellbinding midnight sun. Where better to get a hotel recommendation than from Norwegian travel blogger, Cecilie Moestue.
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Weird but Wonderful | Photo Op
An enterprising, but frustrated, young man orchestrating a family of tourists to have their photo taken in front of an image of the very palace they are standing in. The City Palace, Jaipur, India
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Taj Mahal: The Photo Shoot
With great reverence, I walked towards the Seventh Wonder of the World, the marvelous monument to undying love, the exquisitely carved massive marble dome glowing in the sunset…but where there’s tourists you just can’t take anything too seriously. It was the week of Diwali, one of India’s two most important holidays. Everyone was on vacation,…
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India | Road Trip
You have to see it to believe it. Driving through India was like one of those Crazy Taxi driving video games, where there’s always something, or someone, in the road that you have to swerve around, and where the terrain is like a roller coaster. It’s both terrifying and fascinating at the same time.
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Style Moment | Piselli vines, Italy
“There is no better designer than nature.” Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) British fashion designer
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Up in the Clouds
[cvg-video videoId=’5′ mode=’playlist’ /] Watching the clouds move across the mountains on a rainy day in Liguria, Italy. Music: “Brucia la Terra” (“Speak Softly Love”), sung live, at my side
