Tag: Arkansas travel
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Avoid Tourists, Find Magic: My Week in Venice
Thanks to my phone service crapping out, I found myself speed walking in circles through the narrow, cobblestone streets of Venice’s San Marco neighborhood. Desperately hoping to make it to one of the two nightly seatings at Ai Mercanti, a Michelin-recommended restaurant with a focus on seasonal, locally sourced ingredients, I doubled back down a…
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Live, Laugh, Love: The joyous sensory overload in North America’s largest capital city
What attracts many to travel is the sense of history, culture, and luxury that we may not get to experience in our daily lives. American travelers seeking novelty and culture often head to the European capitals or Southeast Asia, yet some of the world’s best museums, restaurants, bars, and hotels are housed in a metropolitan…
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I visited a 1950s Nuke Town, stayed in a Desert Yurt, & saw a Prada store in the middle of nowhere
(The Story of Marfa, Texas) Valentine, Texas, is an area spanning 320 measly acres with a population of 67, no stop signs, stores, or houses with intact roofs (at least from what I observed). If you find yourself here, it’s possible you’re a long haul trucker or just a road tripper with a broken GPS.…
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Billionaires’ Isle: A Luxurious Weekend in Nantucket
As we sat on the pier near Historic Downtown Nantucket, eating our paper wrapped sandwiches from the nearby Walter’s Deli, I asked my friend Skyler “Do you think the birds know how beautiful this island is?” Below us in the low-tide harbor, ducks floated around looking for scraps of crackers and crumbs that other visitors…
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Saddle Up For Adventure: A Retreat to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch
“No place exists like this on earth” Studies show that spending time outside results in a myriad of wellness benefits and reduces feelings of stress and anger while benefiting our physical health and self-esteem. After my weeklong trip to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper, Arkansas, I can confirm all of these results, and more. The…
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Trauma Dumping my Bulgarian Backpacking Experience
Malko Dryanovo, Bulgaria (You may know it by its more common name: hell) I have not been looking forward to writing this blog whatsoever, because this whirlwind trip has been a lot for me to process. This travel experience was probably my least favorite of all my experiences, and it cost me a ton in…
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The Highs and Lows of Edinburgh
When I arrived by bus to Edinburgh from the airport, I immediately sensed I was in a lively city with historic charm. Coming from two days each in Dublin and Belfast, I was relieved to be just in Edinburgh for four days, giving me more time to settle in. And this trip has shown me…
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Five Unexpected Benefits of Travel
“If there’s one thing you won’t waste your money on, it’s travel.” Trevor Noah Recently, I’ve spent lots of time analyzing the purpose of travel. All my life, I’ve thought of travel as being the end game, or the ultimate thing to work towards. I’ve always thought that I needed a job that would allow…
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SUMMER TRAVEL BOOM BEGINS: FRONTIER AIRLINES OFFERS $499 ALL-YOU-CAN-FLY PASS
GoWild! Pass Holders Can Book Early for Travel Through June 8; Seats are Limited DENVER ( May 3, 2023) – Summer travel is about to get wild as ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines dropped the price of its GoWild! All-You-Can-Fly Summer Pass™ to $499 per person, a $500 savings over the retail price of $999,…
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