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Hello, reader! Thank you for visiting my blog – I'm so happy you're here. I've maintained this blog for more than fifteen years, and...

Samantha DuBois
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My Year of Nothing
One year ago I left my full-time job to pursue a lifelong dream: I was going to publish my novel. I’d begun writing it in late 2018,...

Samantha DuBois
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A Hundred Thousand Welcomes
Late November along the Wild Atlantic Way. My husband is relaxed behind the wheel as we drive, as if he has always known these inverse...

Samantha DuBois
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To The Point
5 p.m. at Sachuest Point is when the trails empty and the wildlife emerges. I have followed the road that hugs the beach, and just when...

Samantha DuBois
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Ashes to Ashes
The story of Cape May is a story of fire. Of massive hotels – the largest in 19th century America – felled by persistent flames. First,...

Samantha DuBois
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The Hunt
A mamon looks like a shrunken-down lime. Underneath its leathery skin is a large pit, encased with a fleshy beige pulp. To eat the mamon...

Samantha DuBois
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The History Lesson
I am trying not to break eye contact with a Sandinista. This is particularly difficult because, part-way through his history lesson on La...

Samantha DuBois
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Grab and Go
We came to Mexico City with sushi on the brain. No, we hadn't heard whispers of any culinary movements, or read reviews praising a new...

Samantha DuBois
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Knock Knock
A painter, a plumber, and an electrician walk into my house in Nicaragua. The first arrives around 10 a.m. and catches me just as I am...

Samantha DuBois
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A Fare to Remember
On any given day, I can ballpark the average airfare to most anywhere in the world from the major North East airports. Possibly from US...

Samantha DuBois
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Return to the West Coast
There's a book called Some Kind of Fairy Tale about a girl who escapes to the land of fairies. There, everything looks much the same as...

Samantha DuBois
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Notes from the Keys
We sat on a covered patio staring at a small parking lot along the banks of the John Pennekamp Coral Reef. A few houseboats bobbed up and...

Samantha DuBois
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On Boston and the Red Sox
I'm a Phillies fan, by heritage. There's a picture of two-year-old me at the old Veterans Stadium, nearly drowning in red paraphernalia...

Samantha DuBois
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Off the Map
Everyone has his or her own list of dream destinations, place where, if we had the time, the opporutnity, the money, we'd drop everything...

Samantha DuBois
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Making a Splash in Cologne, Germany
Our decision to visit Cologne, Germany, went something like this: "There's a really cheap flight to Cologne." "What's in Cologne?"...

Samantha DuBois
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Finding Faith in Caimito, Puerto Rico
The building was hardly threatening. Dirty white labeled with a large "Bienvenidos" and a few hand-painted crosses. Still, my stomach...

Samantha DuBois
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7 Ways to Avoid Looking Like a Tourist in Italy
Can I Get a What? Incredible food. It's likely one of your main motivations for traveling to Italy, so you should know how to...

Samantha DuBois
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7 Perks of Learning a Foreign Language
With English on track to becoming the "global language," it almost seems unnecessary for travelers to know the languages spoken in their...

Samantha DuBois
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Travel Girl's 10 Tips for Packing Light
I don't claim to be a travel expert, but when it comes to packing, I'm awesome. Most people dread packing; I enter into a state of...

Samantha DuBois
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It's Not Me, It's You: An Open Letter to the Travel Channel
It's Not Me, It's You: An Open Letter to the Travel Channel Dear Travel Channel, You may not know it, but we're on a break. Our...

Samantha DuBois
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