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A Car-Free Side Trip from Paris

Travel NewsOctober 2, 20245Views
There is no train service from Bayeux to the small towns on the coast, and bus service is limited, although the region has been experimenting with a D-Day bus line during the summer months. To see the D-Day sights, many Americans take organized tours from Bayeux in motor vehicles, and if that's what you want, there…
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A 1-Day Side Trip from Boston

For a quick, scenic survey of the natural setting, take a 1-hour sightseeing excursion in an SUV from Art’s Dune Tours (4 Standish St.), whose guides have been schlepping tourists through a portion of the Cape Cod National Seashore since 1946 (though the coast wasn’t designated as such until 1961). Art’s son, Rob Costa, now…
September 16, 20246Views
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Meet Erna Low, The Mother of The European Ski Trip

But it wasn’t easy. Specially designed ski clothes weren't sold in shops back then either, and ski lifts were still rare. On Erna's early trips, Horses were loaded up to carry skis uphill. And there were no ski boots, either, only leather lace-up boots that had to be strapped to wooden skis. Still, that first…
May 4, 202443Views