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Cultural Highlights of Berlin

Alessandra JacobsMarch 29, 2014

BERLIN, GERMANY. Getting out of the taxi and meeting the heat of the city in Berlin, I could feel the rich history of a city that is a cultural and travel epice...

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Paris, the Epitome of Luxury?

Alessandra JacobsMarch 9, 2014

PARIS, FRANCE. Paris is usually considered the end-all, be-all of vacation destinations, the epitome of luxury. Yet, if you do not know where to go, the French ...

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How to Plan an Ancestral Pilgrimage

Alessandra JacobsFebruary 24, 2014

GLOBAL. When I describe my own ancestral trip, people often ask “How can I do that?” They see the experience as potentially overwhelming with no clear beginning...

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A New Kind of Vacation: An Ancestral Pilgrimage

Alessandra JacobsFebruary 23, 2014

My studies of my ancestry took me to Minsk, Belarus, the country of my origins GLOBAL. With ancestry.com and other similar sites becoming more accessi...

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A True Taste of Poland

Alessandra JacobsFebruary 20, 2014

POLAND. When people heard Poland was going to be a stop on a summer trip I was planning, they were confused. Poland, in their minds, was equated with cities tha...

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