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Turkey
Journeying west to east as ideas and identities struggle to take root in the Asian arc of Turkey.
- Uncertain terrain
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- New and old
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- Photos Istanbul's architecture
Romania
Seeking warmth among historic monasteries in the weeks before Romania joined the European Union.
Gearing up
Fashion plus function
San Francisco-based Rickshaw Bagworks lets you custom-design your own messenger or commuter bag, tablet or computer sleeve, backpack, or zippered folio for travel documents.
Following shephers, smugglers in Portugal
In the Cova da Beira plains in central Portugal, a transhumance festival has taken place for the past eight years.
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New Hampshire Commission Runs Campaigns for Veterans
By Paul E. Kandarian, Globe Correspondent If you find yourself up in the Granite State anytime soon and want to help our veterans, consider this:...
SeaDream Yacht Club announces wine voyages
By Paul E. Kandarian, Globe CorrespondentIf you like wine and cruise ships, this may interest you. SeaDream Yacht Club has announced four niche wine voyages,...
Cuisine
Just like grand-mere's
These Parisian restaurants offer what's cooking that day and something off the menu just as nourishing: a familiar comfort.
Barcelona's 'bistronomics'
Catalan capital reigns over Spain's cuisine with dishes that are creative and . . . 'sincere.'
Variations on a national classic
Savor paprikas, a Hungarian spice staple, fiery hot or sweet, in goulash, soups, or stews. Chicken paprikas recipe
Adventure
Fire and Ice
At a hiker's feet, two distinct, mesmerizing voids - one into the Earth's core, the other from a great height.
Happy trails for all
Signposts take walkers everywhere and deter other modes of transportation in Switzerland.
Stark beauty in Denmark
In Skagen, at the northern tip of Denmark, people tend to talk about the beauty of the light in such a northern place. But there is more to love than just the light in Skagen.
Mastic trees sustain an island
Since antiquity, mastic, found on the Greek island of Chios, has been prized for its therapeutic and culinary properties.
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Sip of the bubbly between beaches
St. Barts may enjoy a reputation as a pricey, celebrity-friendly party destination chockablock with yachts in the winter months. But summer is a different story.
Living with art
Bilbao and the Basque regional government launched several ambitious infrastructure projects to improve transportation and clean up abandoned industrial sites, but they placed their biggest bet on culture.
- Photos The allure of beauty
'Real Venice'
Yes, it’s the most unlikely, the most mysterious, the most heart-stoppingly beautiful city in the world. But it’s also the most overrun: by tides, by crowds, and increasingly by commerce.
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Como’s beauties include George
Located between Milan and the border of Switzerland, Lake Como, with its steep surrounding mountains, hillside towns, and historic villas, has drawn artists, writers, and romantics of all stripes for centuries.
English lore provided, walking shoes required
Clocelly, England, raised upon rustic wooded slopes, is mentioned in England’s “Domesday Book,’’ which was completed more than 900 years ago.