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Corinth Canal
I WAS PERHAPS a little nervous for our voyage through Greece’s Corinth Canal, the narrowest and deepest manmade canal in the world. Our yacht, Windstar Cruises’ 312-passenger Star Legend, was about 63 feet wide. The canal was just 18 feet wider. This
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Going With The Flow
TWENTY SUMMERS AGO, my husband, Matt, and I swam down the Aare River in Switzerland with a dog named Arcas. I don’t love dogs, which has always felt like a moral failing. But Arcas was special. He belonged to one of our closest friends, August, who i
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Mountain Time
ON A SUNNY SPRING DAY, I stood at the top of a steep hill in Nepal’s Himalayan mountain range. I turned to look at the path I’d just trekked. In the distance I could see the tall pine forest and glacial river I had traversed. Behind me was Pema Choli

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