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Meltdowns And Memories: Traveling With Young Children, Circa 2024

Taking an international trip with small children can be a source of stress, but that shouldn’t overshadow the larger life lessons of such an adventure.

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In Paternity, Like In Life, Reality Exceeds Our Imagination

In fatherhood, like in life in general, reality often surpasses our expectations, writes Argentine journalist Ignacio Pereyra. Whenever we have a feeling that we know what is going to happen, life proves us wrong — often for better.

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Crossing Europe, Sans Gas? My Summer Vacation ‘Stress Test’ For Electric Cars

The author set off on a three-week vacation trip across Europe in an electric car. Would the charging infrastructure be enough to get all the way, or would they end up stranded without battery, far from home?

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A Trip To Nowhere? Twisted Travel Plans For Our Pandemic Times

-Essay- COVID-19’s economic impact on travel is matched only by the existential impact on the modern traveler. In a sign of the desperation of both, several airlines and cruise ship companies have been offering trips to… nowhere. In Australia, Japan and Taiwan, passengers can book a flight that takes off and lands at the same […]

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In The News

Easier Rider, The Era Of Packaged Road Trips Has Arrived

LAUSANNE — “We struck off, heading for the horizon with a fever we thought could be cured by accumulating kilometers. But it just riled us up even more. Still, moving quenches something. It eases our melancholy at not having done anything with our lives, at having been born too early and having failed at everything. […]

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My Irish Holiday: Summer Winds And Whiskey

Our itinerant Slovenian-born New Yorker takes a long-awaited voyage to the land of Joyce and good drink, and a certain singular brand of modesty.

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In Laos, Dawn’s First Light Meets Mekong Rhythms

LUANG PRABANG — As they say, the early bird gets the worm. Luang Prabang, the former royal capital of Laos and a UNESCO world heritage site since 1995, is one of those early morning cities — not necessarily calm, but where a walk at the crack of dawn is very satisfying. As early as 5 […]

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