Visit a New Zealand mission little changed since 1830s
The Elms, built in the 1830s as a mission house on the Bay of Plenty, is the oldest European building in this part of New Zealand. Early New Zealand missionaries came to...
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At last: Wellington, New Zealand
Maybe it was the No Jet Lag pills I tried to take every two hours for the 20 or so hours I was underway from Cleveland to reach New Zealand. Or maybe...
Valentine romance in Loire
Just as it’s difficult to say goodbye to a great book, so it was hard for me to end my four-part series about exploring France’s Loire Valley chateaux. I loved every minute...
Sinking the cruise industry?
Who would cruise the Mediterranean in January? I shared that reaction with Jennifer Fried, manager at Traveline in Willoughby, when I first heard of the Friday 13th disaster involving the Costa Concordia...
Exquisite sleeps in Loire chateaux
Château de Chissay is one of several chateaus in France’s Loire Valley to offer overnight accommodations to visitors. Chateau Chissay’s dining room awaits with fine china, crystal and starched tablecloths. Both...
Learning from others
I learned lots from my group of international journalists while visiting France’s Loire Valley in September. The ten of us, shown here after our wonderful hot-air balloon voyage, came from Tokyo, Hong...
Loire chateaux gardens
Château de Chenonceau visitors look over some of the gardens originated in the 16th century by Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medici as kayakers on the river over which the chateau ...
Nantes Loire location shapes its food
This fish monger’s stall was one of the busiest early on a Wednesday morning at Nantes’ Talensac Market. The food of Nantes, once at the Atlantic Ocean mouth of France’s Loire River,...
Releasing turtles along Mayan Riviera
USA 3000 flights and Apple Vacations make it really easy to to get from Cleveland to Mexico’s Mayan Riviera, south of Cancun. It’s about a three hour morning flight and you can...
Travel is an attitude
The Long Weekend of Fun set for this weekend at Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora is a perfect opportunity to test the attitude of travel. If you haven’t gotten away this summer the...
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