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Sky Lagoon Iceland turned out to be a seven-step recharge: geothermal water, an infinity edge into the North Atlantic.…
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You know what the Australian version of my American white-picket-fence dream is? Keeping a chicken coop and some chickens, of course.…
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We found a closer Milk Bar near our house. It’s even gaudier, but also doesn’t sell eggs. I take all my overseas friends there.…
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I love my Viking boat tattoo—and, more importantly, the memory of getting it in Copenhagen’s Meatpacking District with my best friend.…
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The profound Aboriginal culture, the rock art, the hospitality of the Bininj people who welcomed us into their backyard, the Ubirr Rock.…
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Terrence, one of the painters, was kind enough to explain the art of Aboriginal painting, specifically the ones used in Arnhem Land to us.…
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