The pre-dawn wake up call came early, and we hustled to the airport, bound for the spiritual capital of the Hindu world. Two hours northeast of Mumbai, on the west bank of the Ganges River, we landed at Varanasi—also known
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India Revisited: The UNESCO Caves of Ajanta and Ellora
Our day began early with a 7:30 AM start from the hotel and a two hour drive to Ajanta, site of 30 rock cut cave temples built between 2nd century BC to 5th century AD. In India there are 1241
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India Revisited: Bombay Dreams, Part 2
We visited a small Christian community in the heart of the city called Khotachi Wadi which is a throwback to Portuguese times and the architecture and name plates of its residents reflect this –names like Rodrigues and Gomes. We wandered
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India Revisited: Bombay Dreams
I questioned the wisdom of my mid-winter routing via Boston, but miraculously everything worked, and I arrived in Mumbai after an uneventful journey at 1 AM. My longtime friends, Shonali Datta and Negendrah Singh (the latter would be our guide
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Iceland
Iceland: The Land of Fire and Ice
Our second go-around at the Sandholt Bakery was just as good as the first and we were collected at 9 AM for a 2-day “Super Jeep” safari with Jon from PTI exploring the hinterlands and some of the nature for which Iceland
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Western Europe
The Best of Bohemia – Prague Highlights
My Frontiers’ colleague, Jill Jergel, and I had the opportunity to be in Prague at the same time during the last week of October and while she focused on hotel sight inspections, I toured the historical, cultural and artistic sights
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Switzerland
The Glacier Express Train
Although the day began in Zermatt with low clouds, a cool mist and a “hidden” Matterhorn, by the time we were happily settled on our jolly red Glacier Express train (complete with panoramic ceiling panels), the sky was robin’s egg
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Switzerland
Swiss Hospitality at its Finest
The sleek Swiss bi-level train smoothly slid into Lausanne, and we spotted our handsome Hotel Beau Rivage host, Thierry Del Magro, waiting for us on the platform with a team of porters. Our plan was to head out directly from the
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Mollie Fitzgerald
William Michael Fitzgerald 1938-2013
It is with heavy hearts that we write to advise that on April 7th, we lost a great man, our father, William Michael Fitzgerald, known by most as “Mike.” He died peacefully, at age 74, from complications following a debilitating stroke