Culture: Athens, Greece: Working It
These two Divas really worked it—they managed to go to the Olympics and get paid to do it! Diva-tastic accounts Athens 2004 Summer Olympics
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Wellness: Turks and Caicos: Transformed By Turkoise
I know I’ve had a great vacation when I return home with aching muscles and unidentifiable bruises. For the past ten days I’ve been vacationing at Club Med’s Turks and Caicos village and I just got home, practically limping from all the fun! My cheeks hurt from smiling, my stomach muscles ache from continuous laughter,…
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Inspiration: Costa Rica: Roughing It
by Emma Introduction by Patti Mangan: Emma has been traveling the world since she was two. I know—I was there at the airport when she threw up all over her mother before boarding her first flight to New Zealand. Twelve years later, nothing stands in her way! She is capable of going anywhere and doing…
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Wellness: United We Stand, United You Failed
by Stephanie Block I was wide awake at five a.m., but my body felt like lead. I’d been like that song, tossing and turning all night. In quiet desperation, I called United Airlines to see if I could get on a later flight. The noon non-stop to Philadelphia was wide open, they said, and I…
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Inspiration: Vietnam: In Vietnamese, Bong Means Flower
by Shanti Sosienski When I went to Vietnam two years ago, I was often a distant observer. I breathed in the scent of the Pho soup that was carefully prepared at the corner noodle shack, but I didn’t really taste it. There were a few days when I almost convinced myself that this wasn’t the…
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Inspiration: Europe: Travel Advice From A Savvy Expat
by Kristin Pedroja Kristin is obsessed with exploring. Perhaps it was her upbringing in Wichita that got her dreaming of yonder from a tender age, but wanderlust had her in its clutches as soon as she saw the Alps for the first time at age eight. After receiving her English degree at the University of…
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Inspiration: Diva Dreams Come True (Melissa’s Travel Journal)
by Melissa Walters Day One: Finding My Legs What would the tropics be without a tropical storm? Within moments of my arrival, the bottom fell out of the sky. This gave me time to get unpacked (I brought more stuff than one person should ever take on vacation) and get acclimated to what will be…
