Wellness: Lima, Peru: Zest Spa at Miraflores Park Hotel
Considering a visit to Lima, Peru? Head over for a relaxing massage at Zest, a luxury spa nestled within the five-star Miraflores Park Hotel
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Noteworthy International Openings!
The world is awash in new museums and concert halls! This list is by no means complete; if your borough is getting a new building, definitely let us know. Berlin’s Bode Museum just opened last month, a historic edifice known for sculpture, art and coins, sitting pretty on Berlin’s Museum Island (Museumsinsel). Berlin has been…
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Poll Trivia Results!
And the winners are…Bhutan is more interested in measuring Gross National Happiness than GNP. Once upon a time, the very enlightened king of a faraway nation in the sky decided that measuring the success of his country in terms of products and money just didn’t do the human race any justice. So he came up…
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Day 7 – A Magical Oslo Experience
Siri, the amazing hotel manager at The Grand Hotel has set me up with a day of pampering. This day is much needed after all the flights and time changes I have gone through. First stop is Beauty Lounge. With Linda Johansen. She does do private sessions on the Ladie’s floor at the Grand Hotel,…
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Wellness: China: Ordering Chinese Food
by Jill Richardson, Granola Diva Ordering Chinese food in China is a job best done by experts. One of my Chinese friends tells me she thinks the oldest person at the table orders for everyone because it requires age and experience to acquire the necessary skill. Never was this more apparent than during my first…
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Culture: Beijing, China: Train Ride
by Avi Kramer Train stations in seemingly every city in China are packed with country folks, “nongmin” or peasants as they’re called, crouched on the curb, waiting for a job. They are tiny people with wide eyes dressed in old military fatigues. Next to them are puffy, thin-canvas bags that hold all of their worldly…
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Inspiration: Colombia: Smiles for Village Children with Cleft Lips and Palates
by Cheri Eplin If it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes a group of 29 Rotarians—and one sister-in-law willing to help translate—to change the lives of 143 patients, mostly children, from the university city of Pereira, Colombia. Rotaplast, a program that provides surgical intervention to eliminate untreated cleft lips and palates,…
