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Slideshow: Berlin winter weekend

Slideshow: Berlin winter weekend

BERLIN — Hopped aboard an Air Berlin nonstop flight to its hub namesake city for an early winter foray in Germany’s political and cultural — and Europe’s party — capital. Whether it’s trawling holiday markets or world-class museums, crawling through nightclubs, cafes and pubs, or a little bit of all the above, a winter stay [...]

December 19, 2012No CommentRead More

Encountering Easter Island: Day 2

Encountering Easter Island: Day 2

EASTER ISLAND, Chile–Rainy day on Rapa Nui. Woke at 8 a.m., momentarily disoriented. Where was I? Hmm. Oh yeah, Easter Island. Easter Island?! Sleepy astonishment quickly gave way to excitement as I rubbed the sand out of my eyes. First exploration of my second day with the team here at explora‘s luxury lodge, Posada de Mike [...]

November 13, 2012No CommentRead More

Hidden Rio: Artsy Santa Teresa beckons

Hidden Rio: Artsy Santa Teresa beckons

RIO DE JANEIRO — When people refer to Rio de Janeiro as Cidade Maravilhosa, or the “Marvelous City,” they usually have in mind the bikinis, bossa nova and beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana — not to mention churrascaria barbecue and caipirinha cocktails — but there’s a lot more to this amazing Brazilian city that just food, [...]

June 27, 2012No CommentRead More

Review: Beautiful Mount Airy, reinvented

Review: Beautiful Mount Airy, reinvented

MOUNT POCONO, Pa. — TreKKen’ followers of a certain age, namely my own over-35 (all right, all right: 40-plus) set,  who grew up in the New York and Philly metro areas will likely recall the once ubiquitous local TV commercial, with its ear-worm of a jingle, of decades ago for former honeymoon hideaway Mount Airy [...]

June 13, 2012No CommentRead More

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Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 2

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]

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