Category: Europe
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From Child’s Eyes to Writer’s Heart: What Scotland’s Writers’ Museum Taught Me
Edinburgh has always felt like a cultural city to me. As a child, my family and I visited often, and I remember being mesmerized by Edinburgh Castle, mostly because it was a castle, but also because it was built on top of a mountain and looked so dramatic to me. There’s something fascinating about revisiting…
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Walking the Byzantine Route in Paros
Every morning when I would go up on the terrace of my hotel in Paros, there would always be some Greek coffee and cake made by the hostess, Santa, waiting for me. Santa’s husband, Konstantinos, would whip out a map of the island and ask me what I planned to do. He’d ask about my…