Travel
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Tweeting in a time of coronavirus: Woman uses social media to lighten mood on cruise ship
Feb 15, 2020 5:21 am - Christina Kerby was corralled aboard a massive luxury cruise ship, charting a meandering course somewhere in the South China Sea, when she began thinking about the apoca...
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Dunes Learning Center to host spring open house March 14Feb 11, 2020 10:00 pm - On Saturday, March 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dunes Learning Center in Indiana will be hosting an open house for parents and children to hike, see the camp, make friend...
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How I travel-hacked a college tour and saved $3,000
Feb 09, 2020 5:19 am - Amtrak's "buy one, get one" spring sale got me started. My teenage daughter and I had used a similar two-for-one deal last year to take an overnight train trip from Los ...
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Rosemont travel show the place to plan new adventuresFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - Imagine having the whole world just minutes away, a new country around every corner. If you've ever been to the Chicago Travel and Adventure Show at the Donald E. Stephe...
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5 fun weekend events: Orchid Show at the Botanic Garden, Chocolate Weekend at Morton ArboretumFeb 07, 2020 5:00 am - The Orchid Show returns to the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, travel guides Rick Steves and Pauline Frommer appear as part of the Travel & Adventure Show in Rosemont...
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Constable: Polish American actress from Bartlett hosts 'Flavor of Poland'Jan 26, 2020 5:00 am - Born in the small medieval town of Tuchów, Poland, Aleksandra Augustynski moved to Bartlett with her parents, Marta and Tomasz, when she was 3 years old. “I grew up with...
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All Aboard: Canadian tourist train Rocky Mountaineer marks 30 years in 2020Jan 24, 2020 5:00 am - "Train? You expect me to spend my vacation on a train?" asked my incredulous husband who has spent the past 40-plus years taking Metra to his office in the Loop. For him...
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ECC students can spend their summer in ItalyJan 13, 2020 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College, in partnership with Centro Studi Italiani, offers a new, faculty-led summer study abroad program in Urbania, Italy. The program provides studen...
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Plan your next adventure at All-Canada Show in St. CharlesJan 09, 2020 5:00 am - There's nothing like getting away to the wilderness where the only music you'll hear is the birds singing and the electronic buzz of technology is replaced with the hum ...
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Southwest will cancel thousands of flights as Boeing 737 Max's fate remains uncertain