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Israel (and Cyprus): Touring the Land of Milk & Honey

  • by mat(the)writer
  • Posted on November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

In the spring of 2019, I led a small, informal tour of Israel. It included…

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Germany, Switzerland, Italy: Treading Timeworn Paths

  • by mat(the)writer
  • Posted on June 27, 2020October 7, 2020

In June of 2019, my mother, father, and I drove to Sioux Falls to embark…

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Vietnam: Along the Dragon’s Tail

  • by mat(the)writer
  • Posted on February 19, 2019December 6, 2020

My mother, father, and I returned to Hong Kong in late 2017, and then toured…

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India: Stepping into the Void

  • by mat(the)writer
  • Posted on July 4, 2018December 6, 2020

In the fall of 2016, I traveled to India, stopping in Dublin and London en…

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Hong Kong and Japan: Channeling the Far East

  • by mat(the)writer
  • Posted on August 25, 2017December 6, 2020

I collected airline miles, hotel points, and free night certificates for an excursion to East…

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Alaska: Wilderness Unbound

  • by mat(the)writer
  • Posted on September 8, 2016December 6, 2020

Alaska is absurd: bears, moose, mammoth mountains, soaring pines, jagged peaks, water streaming past boulders, surging down valleys,…

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Sinai: Searing in Sand and Sun

  • by mat(the)writer
  • Posted on October 1, 2015April 29, 2018

In the summer of 2009, I devoted two weeks to the Sinai Desert. I loved…

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Athens: On Colorful Footings

  • by mat(the)writer
  • Posted on February 8, 2014December 6, 2020

As my impromptu quest approached the Balkan Peninsula, a foremost sensation arose: supreme serenity, divergent from Jerusalem, palpable nonetheless. Idyllic islands peppering the vast Aegean Sea, wrapped in pine, cedar, and olive. Fishing boats, catamarans, cruise and industrial ships, arriving and departing the port at Piraeus.

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Jerusalem: The Lion of this Kingdom

  • by mat(the)writer
  • Posted on January 25, 2013December 6, 2020

In May of 2009, my mother and I traversed France over 10 days. On our final day, at a Paris hotel, I perused cheap flights on the Internet, chancing upon a low-cost Belgian airline, Jetairfly, with one-way flights from Liege, Belgium, to Tel Aviv, for 99 euros.

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