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Meeting Mário de Andrade Beyond the Book

Whenever I can, I try to read a book from the country I’m travelling to before I go. It helps me feel a little bit more connected to the place before even setting foot there. Before my trip to Brazil, I came across Macunaíma at the library. The cover caught my eye with its fantastical imagery, and…
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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…