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You may not be traveling to far-away places in the immediate future, but we can bring them to you.  Here\u2019s a series of T-Boy\u2019s virtual vacations, and we hope you\u2019ll be able to go there and to other distant destinations soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Sicily<\/h4>\n\n\n
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EXPERIENCE A VIRTUAL SICILIAN SIGHTSEEING TOUR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sicily, Italy<\/strong> by Fyllis Hockman<\/a>: \u201cIt happens all the time with Overseas Adventure Travel. I start out expecting to write about the trip itself \u2013 in this case, Sicily\u2019s Ancient Landscapes & Timeless Traditions<\/a> \u2013 and I end up writing about all the things that are not on the itinerary \u2013 what OAT refers to as Learning and Discovery.\u201dFYLLIS HOCKMAN\u2019S ARTICLE ON SICILY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Antarctica Adventure<\/h4>\n\n\n
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EXPERIENCE A VIRTUAL ANTARCTICA SIGHTSEEING TOUR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journey to the Bottom of the Globe<\/strong> by Ed Boitano<\/a>: \u201cAfter setting foot aboard the deck of my vessel to Antarctica, I began asking guests why they chose to take an eight-day cruise to the coldest, windiest and driest continent in the world; a landscape which is 98 percent thick continental ice sheet and 2 percent barren rock; a continent so cruel and unforgiving that almost no life can survive on it. The overwhelming answer from my fellow cruisers was simple: \u2018Because now I can.\u2019 It was a good answer. The more I thought about it, I realized it was my reason too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ED BOITANO\u2019S ARTICLE ON ANTARCTICA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Hemingway\u2019s Paris<\/h4>\n\n\n
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EXPERIENCE A VIRTUAL HEMINGWAY\u2019S PARIS SIGHTSEEING TOUR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Magical Walk Through Hemingway\u2019s Pari<\/strong>s by Richard Carroll<\/a>: \u201cMagically enchanting and much-loved Paris, the Urban Empress of Europe, remains eternally young and amorous. Occasionally vain, always passionate, and with a long and turbulent history, the legendary city has a special flair for life that has captivated many of the world\u2019s most inspired artistic talent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RICHARD CARROLL\u2019S ARTICLE ON HEMINGWAY\u2019S PARIS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Churchill Museum<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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EXPERIENCE A VIRTUAL CHURCHILL MUSEUM SIGHTSEEING TOUR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Lumps of Sugar Make This Churchill Museum Unique<\/strong> by John Clayton<\/a>: \u201cAre several lumps of sugar worth putting in an historic museum? That may sound like a funny question, but the fact is that yes they are \u2013 especially if they\u2019re part of the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms (CWR) in London.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JOHN CLAYTON\u2019S ARTICLE ON THE CHURCHILL MUSEUM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Aran Islands<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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EXPERIENCE A VIRTUAL ARAN ISLANDS SIGHTSEEING TOUR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aran Islands: A Living History<\/strong> by Ed Boitano: \u201cIn Robert Flaherty\u2019s<\/a> brilliant 1934 documentary film, Man of Aran<\/em><\/a>, we see an Irish man smashing limestone rocks to bits, while his wife gathers seaweed from the shore below the island\u2019s steep windswept cliffs. Meanwhile, their young son scavenges for animal manure and precious particles of dirt that have collected between the rocks, blown from the mainland. These four ingredients will be used to create the soil in order to grow potatoes \u2013 the family\u2019s main source of subsistence. This is the Aran Islands; a landscape made almost entirely of solid limestone rock.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ED BOITANO\u2019S ARTICLE ON THE ARAN ISLANDS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Frank Lloyd Wright<\/h4>\n\n\n
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EXPERIENCE A VIRTUAL TALIESIN WEST SIGHTSEEING TOUR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Tour of Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s Taliesin West<\/strong> by Susan Breslow<\/a>: \u201cTaliesin West<\/a> should be an inspiration for everyone who faces another birthday and thinks: I\u2019m too old to follow my dream. Frank Lloyd Wright, who had achieved public acclaim back east for his architectural designs (as well as public disdain for his scandalous affairs), was 70 years old when he arrived with a few apprentices in the foothills of Scottsdale<\/a> Arizona\u2019s McDowell Mountains in 1937.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SUSAN BRESLOW\u2019S ARTICLE ON TALIESIN WEST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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EXPERIENCE A VIRTUAL LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH CLIFF RAILWAY TOUR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Classic Trains in England<\/strong> by John Clayton: \u201cGrowing up in Great Britain, I loved the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Situated in a setting of steep, ruggedly rolling green hillsides alive with unequalled beauty, below which lies a perfect picture postcard sea, and enriched by a town that looks as if it stepped out of a Beatrix Potter book.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JOHN CLAYTON\u2019S ARTICLE ON THE LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH CLIFF RAILWAY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Bluesman Phil Gates<\/h4>\n\n\n
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EXPERIENCE A PHIL GATES CONCERT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil Gates \u2013 Following Tradition<\/strong> by T. E. Mattox<\/a>: \u201cBluesmen have been lacing up their walking shoes and relocating to Europe for generations. So, when L.A.-based guitarist Phil Gates packed his bags in 2016 and moved to the Swiss countryside, he was just following in the footsteps of a long-standing blues tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T.E. MATTOX\u2019S ARTICLE ON PHIL GATES<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Skeleton Coast<\/h4>\n\n\n
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EXPERIENCE A SKELETON COAST SIGHTSEEING TOUR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exploring the Surreal Skeleton Coast<\/strong> by Skip Kaltenheuser<\/a>: \u201cThe Skeleton Coast is one of the most appropriately named stretches of land in the world, a place where many hapless sailors of centuries past have mingled their bones with whale ribs and shipwrecks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SKIP KALTENHEUSER\u2019S ARTICLE ON THE SKELETON COAST<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Berlin<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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EXPERIENCE A BERLIN SIGHTSEEING TOUR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berlin: Yesterday and Today<\/strong> by Ed Boitano: \u201cI can still recall in detail my first arrival to Berlin. As the cab driver raced passed Tiergarten<\/a>; the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe; the Reichstag<\/a>; and Brandenburg Gate<\/a>, I asked about the new Kennedy Museum<\/a>, now located in the Mitte (middle) district). Without hesitation, he offered his own personal narrative about JFK\u2019s \u201cIch bin ein Berliner\u201d<\/em> speech of 1963: \u2018Over 90% of the people in West Berlin were on the streets. None of us had ever seen anyone so charismatic.’\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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