Finally, our quirky guide wonders aloud why we would pay him up front; he could just take our money and leave us in the woods!
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“Everything Is Possible”: Romania, Part II
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A Jaunt to Romania
A moment later it occurs to me that I'm driving through Transylvania with my husband blaring the Free Willy soundtrack. It's funny how life turns out, isn't it?
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Truffle Hunting in Alvito
For many years everything I knew about truffle hunting came from an episode of TaleSpin - a cartoon that aired on the Disney Channel back in 1990.
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Back to Barcelona (The Highlights)
Calling a city "vibrant" maybe be the low-hanging fruit of travel writing but, I swear, Barcelona is vibrant indeed.
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Staying Sassi in Matera
Finally, we come to a fork in the road: pointing to the left is a sign for Matera and to the right, "le tutti direzioni" ("all of the directions"). And so we forge on, in the opposite direction of... well, everything else.
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Fair Verona
Pack your weekend bag, dear Reader, because we are off to Verona for a couple of days!
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Namaste
So you think I think I'm better than you and we finish up our Nepali Business
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We Embarrass America And “Summit Everest”
We drop the beat. Sir Mix-a-Lot saves the day. Another encounter with the dreaded Nepali head bob.
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It’s Opener There In The Wide Open Air
There, in an immense expanse of darkness, in the most remote corner of the world, we find bursts of light.
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Are You Happy?
"A person must have singing and a feeling of happiness in their soul or else it is no good.”