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Do bears…

Participants at TBU Umbria can win a trip to volunteer at a sanctuary for bears in Transylvania, Romania, courtesy of Oyster Worldwide.

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Lemurs at Newquay Zoo, Cornwall

Newquay for kids

Newquay for kids essentially means Newquay Zoo. And cartwheels on the beach. Else, this is Cornwall’s surfing mecca, and all that comes with it.

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Pets, pools and pennies at the Hemingway House, Key West

The Hemingway House: A story about Ernest Hemingway could easily include subtitles about his books, his children, his wives, his travels, his cats…

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Hiking in Tyrol with Oetzi

Oetzi may have been hiking in these hills 5000 years ago. I did last summer. I had it much easier than he did, though. I took the cable car.

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Blaze – and vacationing at home

Experiencing this contrasting world of ours first hand is an integral part of my daughters’ education. However, a lifestyle involving loads of travelling – and often travelling impulsively – can have its drawbacks. The major one, according to my children, have always been us not having a dog. A weekend here, two weeks there, fine. [...]

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Flirting with Fate in the Faroe Islands

Oyggjarvegur, the old mountain road from Torshavn, the tiny capital of the Faroes, towards the northern islands, is spectacular. But then, nothing less is to be expected in the world’s best island-destination. In places, there are no barriers between us and a 1000-foot drop into the chilling waters of the North Atlantic fjord. We edge [...]

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The twin crater lakes at Sete Cidades in the Azores archipelago, Atlantic Ocean

Lamenting lost love in the Azores

On the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores, from the vantage point Vista do Rei, you’ll have a fabulous view of the twin lakes by the seven little villages – Sete Cidades – at the bottom of a volcanic crater. One lake appears blue, the other green. This is, rather prosaically, caused by variations [...]

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The Devil’s Wedding and Tallinn’s cats

About time for a new installment of the infrequent Cats of the World series and today we’ve come to the cats of Tallinn, the adorable little capital of Estonia. Tallinn’s UNESCO-listed wonderful old town is a spooky, exciting place – full of lore. The story of the Devil’s wedding is perhaps the most famous. If [...]

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