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Pack for a Purpose on your next trip
Pack for a Purpose is a relatively new charity set up by a couple who realized during their first trip in Africa that they could have maximized their weight allowance and packed in their suitcases so...
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Projects Abroad is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 by a geography professor who conceived programs for students to travel and work while on break from study. It’s one of the largest in the...
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That invincible summer
“It is sheer madness, almost always punished, to return to the sites of one’s youth and try to relive at forty what one loved or keenly enjoyed at twenty….In the middle of winter I at last discovered...
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the frontiers are my prison
In the midst of all the clouds that covered the earth last week, we lost Leonard Cohen. One of his songs, The Partisan, got me thinking …the frontiers are my prison… about the value of standing for...
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i am a pure and proud product of immigration
this is me in the 70’s at my beloved grandmother’s house. i am a pure and proud product of immigration. My Christian grandmother escaped poverty in Italy between the two wars and crossed the Alps with...
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Words of wisdom for my little Lior
On Monday last week I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. We called him Lior and here is a little poem for him. I’ve always loved those words and wanted to share them with everyone x When we are...
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Brazil through the lens of Massimo Vitali
I am a huge fan of photographer Massimo Vitali. And I love Brazil to the point that I wish I was a Brazilian. So I am beyond thrilled by the images published in the NYT Voyage issue last week end:...
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Flamingos. Where are you?
We were talking about flamingos with the children yesterday. Do they really fly? Where can we see them? Are they always pink? And bam! I received an email from one of my favourite children’s tee brand,...
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7h09, an invitation to travel
A new travel magazine recently took off: 7h09 . Check it out, it’s beautiful. Each issue is focused on one destination only. That’s 104 inspiring pages about Barcelona for issue #1. Talk about...
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We’re going on a summer holiday. Yeah!
I was hoping to keep on posting all summer. But it’s not happening, sorry! It’s easier during the work & school year somehow. Since we’ve arrived in Provence (we are near Avignon in a beautiful...
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