Beloved Barcelona:
One Thousand Small Pleasures

The way he leaned in to kiss her, forceful yet playful, determined, and not bound by protocol, quickly but with a sense of classic restraint summed up within a flash of a minute the heartbeat of Barcelona. The couple playfully sat in the sand of Playa de la Barceloneta, one of nine city beaches that […]

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How to Choose
a Caribbean Destination

For many travelers, the word ‘Caribbean’ conjures up instant images of sandy beaches, umbrella laden cocktails and reggae music swaying palm trees in the breeze.  That quintessential Caribbean vacation is indeed the stuff that vacation dreams are made of.  But if you choose to explore further, you will find a diversified mix of lands that […]

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Cruising the Baltic Sea:
On the Trail of Traders

For more than six centuries, valiant entrepreneurs have crossed the volatile waters of the Baltic Sea in search of resources and opportunity.  Led by the merchant guilds of Northern Germany who founded the Hanseatic League, they turned the cold, churning, brackish (salt and fresh) waters into common ground for wealth building. Traversing the Baltic today […]

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