Dennis Lennox

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  Mar 6, 2022

  3 churches with centuries of history inside

  With travel increasingly back to normal now is the time to start making plans for where to go. Consider planning a trip around any of the following three historic churches.

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  Feb 20, 2022

  Travel returns to normal as pent-up demand continues

  The travel and tourism industry is back. At least that was the message last week in Virginia Beach, Virginia, at Domestic Showcase, a major regional industry conference sponsored by the Southeast Tourism Society.

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  Feb 13, 2022

  In Sarasota, Amish snowbirds

  As with elsewhere in Florida, snowbirds are a regular sight here. But intermixed with the more stereotypical visitors to Sarasota, a city and county on the Gulf of Mexico coast in southwest Florida, is a large community of Amish.

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  Feb 6, 2022

  Postcard from Paris: An ancient church restored

  One of the landmarks in the upscale Saint Germain des Prés neighborhood on the Left Bank of the River Seine is the eponymous church with its Romanesque and Gothic architecture. Founded by King Childebert in 543 and later dedicated to St. Germain, the present-day Church of Saint Germain des Prés mostly dates to a rebuilding in the early 11th century before the Great Schism that resulted in the split between Rome and Constantinople.

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  Jan 30, 2022

  In San Juan, the oldest US church

  Most visitors to Puerto Rico seem unaware that the oldest church anywhere in the United States can be found on the Caribbean island territory.

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  Jan 23, 2022

  Puerto Rico is back after years of challenges

  While the U.S. island territory did manage to recover its hospitality and tourism industry, nobody knew that recovery would be short-lived.

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  Jan 16, 2022

  Postcard from Paris: An overlooked and forgotten national hero

  Largely overlooked in Paris, a city full of landmarks and other sights popular with tourists, is the grave of the Marquis de Lafayette.

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  Dec 19, 2021

  Postcard from Beaumont

  If Beaumont is known at all, it’s known for its contribution to the Texas oil boom during the first half of the last century. 

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  Dec 12, 2021

  A royal Christmas in England’s Norfolk

  Forget about Christmas with your in-laws or that second cousin, once removed. Instead, celebrate the birth of our Lord the way Queen Elizabeth II does every year.

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  Dec 5, 2021

  Religion intertwined with history in Quebec City

  There aren’t many places in North America with the history and religious heritage of Quebec City. The capital of the eponymous Canadian province was founded in 1608 by legendary French explorer Samuel de Champlain.