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Author: kristyalpert
Fodors: 14 Places to Travel Before You Have Kids
14 Places to Travel Before You Have Kids By Kristy Alpert Picnicking beneath the Eiffel Tower isn’t the same with a busy toddler in tow, and the high-altitude, stony streets of Cusco aren’t quite as charming when you’re struggling to push a stroller around them. Although it can be wonderful…
Travel Weekly: Jettisoning Jet Lag in Hanoi
Jettisoning Jet Lag in HanoiBy Kristy Alpert I half-stumbled my way into the lobby of the Le Spa du Metropole, still weary from spending the better part of 24 hours on a plane. My arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam, had been smooth, but it didn’t take long before the hours caught…
HiLuxury: Fight Club
FIGHT CLUBS By Kristy Alpert In a small, dark room lined with traditional samurai weaponry and paved in well-worn planks of Japanese hard wood, a group of masked men meet together for the ultimate show down of physical prowess. If it seems like this scene is straight out of a…
American Way: Wanderungen
Don’t Hike Hungry Eat your way through the German countryside this month By Kristy Alpert THE TRAILS AND PATHWAYS are well worn in Germany, where hikers seek to conquer the Palatinate Forest by foot, hike the hilltops in the Eifel mountain range or wander the Weinstrasse and its rolling…
Travel Weekly: Quebec
Weddings at the Ice Hotel in Quebec At Canada wedding venue, expect cold feet By Kristy Alpert / August 31, 2016 Although the walls are made entirely of snow and ice, and the internal temperature of the chapel averages around 23 degrees, weddings and vow renewals at Canada’s Hotel de Glace…
Travel Weekly: Portofino
Windstar Cruises Into Portofino By Kristy Alpert / September 15, 2016 With only 500 inhabitants, Portofino, Italy, has long been favored by A-list celebrities for its luxe location, luring the likes of Ava Gardner, Giorgio Armani, Leonardo DiCaprio and more since the early 1950s. Although it still draws the celebrity crowd,…
AFAR: Guide to the British Virgin Islands
East of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, the British Virgin Islands is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom that includes more than 60 islands and cays within a 58-square-mile radius. Of the 60 islands, only 15 are inhabited, including the four main islands of Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and…