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Dubai Marina surrounded by glass marvels

Dubai

Remember the 2011 Tom Cruise movie “Ghost Protocol” where he repelled off the tallest building in the world? That was Dubai. Also, did you ever wonder where the Apple TV “busy streets and “tall buildings”

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Gondolas at rest

Venice for Day-Trippers

Is Venice for Day-Trippers? About 19 million Day-Trippers each year visit Venice Italy for only one day. Can you imagine an additional 52,000 people in your home town each and every day? With a current

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The Orient Express is snowbound

Venice-Simplon Orient Express

Bond, James Bond Who hasn’t heard of the Orient Express Train? Agatha Christie wrote the book in the 1930’s. Three movies were released based on the book The latest movie was just released. The mystery

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Low Country Luxury Living

Moving to South Carolina

I never thought we would be moving to South Carolina. Most people work for the better part of their lives. The reward for that should be more than just free time. A desired post retirement

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The Cloister Grand Hall

The Cloister

As you might know from our last blog post, “The Greyfield Inn“, we have been visiting the Georgia Atlantic coastal islands to experience stay-cations in the Southeastern US. The Cloister at Sea Island Resort is

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Beautiful Front of the Greyfield Inn

Greyfield Inn

The world is rapidly changing. That change is often accompanied by too much commotion. We search for places where noise is silenced, action slowed and connectivity disconnected. We were able to find such a place

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