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🌎 Study Abroad: Only two rooms remain; and Literary Tourism
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Hello Reader, 🧭 Where in the World?We’re busy making travel arrangements and tweaking travel arrangements. Do you allow yourself flexibility when you travel? Fortunately, many airlines offer changes at no charge. In fact, our friend Eric at Travel Babbo reported earlier in the spring that he reviewed his summer flights and found fares had dropped since he booked. His rebooking resulted in mileage points refunded, dollars saved, and future flight credits applied. TravelBabbo is great fun to follow, btw, especially for those interested in family travel around the world. 🛫 Get Going: Tours We Recommend For YouThere is still time to take advantage of this unique study abroad opportunity in Southern France. Join us! We jumped on this…and have shifted our Fall Europe flights to accommodate this additional week. We’ll study Art & Art de Vivre in Montpellier, France, September 28 – October 5, 2025. (If you are already busy, please pass this on to your Francophile or art-loving friends!) With Elective Study Abroad, we’ll stay the week on the estate of Chateau de la Piscine, study the art and history of the area, and have plenty of free time to explore the French art de vivre. Only two rooms remain! Save $300 per person when you use the code TP50. Look for more information and reserve your spot TODAY. 🧳 Our Latest PostsYou can bet we will be doing some reading related to our upcoming destinations in France, United Kingdom, and Ireland! For our Travel Past 50 Tours, we recommend both non-fiction and fiction titles in advance. Wherever we are, we go out of our way to visit local bookstores. (TP50 travel tip: Look for affordable and interesting restaurants in university and bookstore neighborhoods. You’ll be sure to encounter some locals and local buzz.) Thrillist just published this story on the literary tourism trend. (Thanks for the tip R.A.P.) For our part, we’ve pictured some of our favorite bookshops here and here, and feature an eclectic mix of recommended titles in our Travel Past 50 store. 🗞️ Travel News From Around the Web
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📖 What We're ReadingKris is finishing the intriguing Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk and catching up on summer short stories in The New Yorker, digital. She also notes, for the grandparents out there, that The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown is a particular favorite of our 3-year-old granddaughter. Tom has finished the marvelous Horse, by Geraldine Brooks, and after a couple of previous false starts, is enjoying The Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights. For our previous book recommendations, check out this list. ❝Travel Quote of the Week❞If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. – Henry David Thoreau Do you like this email? Please forward it to a friend! Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here. Happy travels, Kris and Tom P.S. What more can we do for you? Reply to this newsletter and ask us anything.
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