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Fes, Morocco: Party like it’s 900 A.D.

It’s not everyday that you can walk through a gate and walk back more than 1,000 years in time. To a city with thousands of alleys, way too narrow for its residents — nearly 1 million of them — to … Continue reading

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Azores, Portugal: A ‘truck stop’ for centuries

Ever heard of Angra do Heroismo? If you’d lived in the 15th century and hung out with the likes of Vasco da Gama and other explorers and seafarers who were, as it were, on the road a lot, you might … Continue reading

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