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Thimpu stray dogs

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

People say dogs are man’s best friends. Unintentionally, Magellan and I made some new best friends in Bhutan. Everyone we know who’s been to Bhutan

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Castillo El Collado

“Please,”

Remember the gracious, old-world manner and deportment of Stevens, the butler in the film The Remains of the Day? The kind of man who would

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Fossicking

Fossicking? “What does that mean?” you’re probably wondering. We discovered the word late one night at Fleurs Place, a restaurant in Moeraki on New Zealand’s

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Robles in Sevilla

Quixotic in a Mercedes

Seductive. Romantic. Alluring. That’s how Sevilla is described in every guidebook. And it’s true. For a week, this fascinating city kept Magellan and I and

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Cal Llop hotel

A Finger on the Future

“How long have you been here?” Magellan asked a couple at the adjacent table at dinner during our second night at a small hotel in

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La Peetch

“I was wondering if you two would be interested in going on some sort of small getaway—maybe two nights on a gulf island, or Salt

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