AS A DAY TRIPPER TO THE ARAN ISLAND OF INIS MOR (Inishmore) on a bright and sunny day in September, it’s easy to see all that is right and good in a place. And that’s the gratification of travel to beautiful and exotic places like the rocky west coast of Ireland. Heading directly to Galway…
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ITALY / SAN GIMIGNANO
Towers and white wine MEDIEVAL HILL TOWNS IN ITALY were built for securtity. They endure for romance. San Gimignano, about 30 miles south of Florence and 35 miles north of Sienna, is one of a the best loved and most visited. Trademark towers signal your arrival. Vernaccia grapes and resulting wine entice you to stay…
UNITED KINGDOM / GIBRALTAR
That was Spain. This is Gibraltar. DRIVE ACROSS THE BORDER FROM SPAIN TO GIBRALTAR and in a matter of minutes you’re at the foot of the world’s most famous rock. Up close, it takes a minute or two to visually scale and take in its sheer height and mass. And you are far from Spain. After…
CHILE / VALPARAISO
Exploring the color-filled city on the bay IF I SAY THAT VALPARAISO IS TO CHILE AS AUSTIN IS TO TEXAS, I mean to compliment both. Of course, I would have to layer in some New Orleans and some San Francisco to get the right mix, and yet that would not describe any of them justly….
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