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Wish you were on vacation right now? Don’t. Taking a vacation won’t necessarily make you happier. But anticipating it will.I first explored this idea while reporting an article about happiness in 2010,...
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Nov. 13, 2013— -- Even if Macaulay Culkin had made it to Paris with his family in "Home Alone" those many years ago, his cheek slapping and eye rolls would only have...
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At a mini-market on the Greek island of Ikaria, I study the labels on various items, trying to decipher their meaning. It’s been three days since I left my Greek husband back...
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by Shabana Adam | 21 November 2012 Do you learn the basics of a foreign language before travelling? Hello, how are you?, good day, thank you, please and good bye - just...
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Bogota bar hosts “Gringo Tuesdays,” where foreigners and Colombians alike come to drink, socialize and learn a foreign language. La Villa Bar, located in the Zona Rosa district of Colombia’s capital of...
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In 7th grade I almost failed Latin.It was the declensions that got me—also, as a 12-year old, learning a dead language was as abstract as the idea of traveling the world.That all...
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Travel + Leisure — It’s back-to-school time at the Lindberg household, as a new semester of Vietnamese lessons begins this week. Once again I’ll climb the stairs to my tutor’s Chinatown walk-up,...