By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com Even if you were unable to get to the once-a-year Museum Mile Festival along Fifth Avenue on June 13, when six museums (some of them with pricey admissions) throw their doors…
On the River Inn Meets Challenge of Woodstock, Vermont’s ‘Quintessential New England’ Reputation
By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com Imagine the pressure on innkeepers wanting to build new in the historic village universally known as “Quintessential New England” with its amazing array of stunning architecture from the 1800s, including the classic Woodstock…
Discovery Bicycle Tours’ On the River Weekend in Woodstock, Vermont, Shows How Personalized a Group Tour Can Be
By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com I have joined a Vermont bike tour centered around Woodstock village, that takes place over Bike Travel Weekend in June. The popular itinerary offered several times during the year by Discovery Bicycle Tours…
Gatsby-esque Jazz Age Lawn Party is Joyful Escape on Governors Island
By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com New Yorkers love to dress up – any excuse to don a costume will do, but in the case of the Jazz Age Lawn Party, now in its 12th year on…
Barging through Burgundy, Day 5-6: Walking Tour of Dijon’s Old City
by Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com Thursday: Arrival in Dijon We are only a few miles to the last lock before Dijon, the capital of Burgundy, and the French landscape, though still predominantly countryside, becomes more and more populated…
Barging through Burgundy, Day 3-4: Hotel-Dieu, Beaune, Clos de Vougeot
The Caprice barge hotel take us through some of Burgundy’s most important attractions by Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com These next two days aboard the Caprice barge hotel, we cruise to a spiritual center, which is in the capital…
Barging through Burgundy, Day 2: Chateau de Rully
Day 2 aboard the Caprice barge hotel brings us to a castle in the same family for 900 years by Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com Our second day’s excursion through Burgundy, France, aboard the Caprice, a barge hotel, proves…
Barging through Burgundy, France: A Visit to Chagny Market
by Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com It is late afternoon when we get our first glimpse of the Caprice, the barge hotel that will be our home for the next week as we cruise along the canals and…
USAF Thunderbirds Headline Memorial Day Weekend Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach, Long Island
By Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com The US Air Force Thunderbirds headlined the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach State Park, Long Island, flying the thrilling red, white and blue F-16s. The event over Memorial Day Weekend, May…
Yosemite National Park: Surprising Diversity, Dramatic Scenes Hiking Chilnualna Falls Trail, Wawona
By Karen Rubin, Eric Leiberman, Sarah Falter Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com It’s our second day in Yosemite National Park. I am surprised at how much we could cover on our first day in Yosemite National Park, spent hiking in…