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Greenland's Northern Lights and Outdoor Adventures

It's almost a country, but not quite yet. Ignored by the rest of the world for too long, Greenland is slowly making its way to being an independent nation, but still needs help from its legal parent, Denmark, before standing on its own feet. There are ...

From ROBERT HARU FISHER, Frommers,  18 Nov 2009

Danish Treats: Having Fun and Getting Happy in Copenhagen

"We're the Texans of Scandinavia," said a burly Dane to me years ago, explaining how he and his countrymen differ from what he called the "formal Swedes, the gloomy Norwegians and the sly Finns." The melancholy Dane of Shakespeare's time (as in Hamlet) ...

From ROBERT HARU FISHER, Frommers,  17 Nov 2009

The Fall of the Berlin Wall -- 20 Years Later

With the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall upon us, I considered myself lucky to be seeing the sites connected to this event just a few days ago. This event changed the world, bringing to an end the Cold War and saying farewell to the ...

From ROBERT HARU FISHER, Frommers,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Park of the Week: New York City's Oldest Clinton

Clinton is a famous name in New York City, and has been for 200 years, at least. Of course, the contemporary Clinton is Bill, whose Clinton Global Initiative is in its fifth year and whose meetings attract nearly as many flies to its honey (as in money, ...

From ROBERT HARU FISHER, Frommers,  12 Oct 2009
Related Topics: United Nations General Assembly,  Marilyn Monroe

Banff's Rugged Elegance in the Heart of the Canadian Rockies

One of the great destinations in the world, Banff National Park offers you magnificent mountain scenery, lush wilderness, awesome lakes, and by contrast, world-class dining and entertainment experiences. Yes, you come to Banff to experience the ...

From ROBERT HARU FISHER, Frommers,  2 Oct 2009
Related Topics: UNESCO

Get Attention for Your Writing: New Key West Class

Our own Bob Fisher is holding his annual Travel Writing Workshop down in Key West this February, something he's been doing since 1991. But this year, there's quite a difference. Bob is concentrating on telling you about grabbing the attention of ...

From ROBERT HARU FISHER, Frommers,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Bob Fisher,  Robert Frost,  Twitter Inc

Off-Season Adventures for the Family at Virginia Beach

A wide, sandy beach, no matter how gorgeous in the sunlight, can seem a little sad at summer's end, but at Virginia Beach, the city's tourist bosses have made it more fun, or at least they try to if the weather cooperates. Late September is when they ...

From ROBERT HARU FISHER, Frommers,  17 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Thomas Jefferson,  Ella Fitzgerald,  Arthur Ashe

3 Stops Along British Columbia's Wine Trail

Who could guess? For only C$18.99, you can buy a bottle of wine that the Canadian prime minister served President Obama on a state visit in February, and in the same marvelous town whence it came, taste other vintages that are equal to the best of ...

From ROBERT HARU FISHER, Frommers,  17 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Park of the Week: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

The boundaries of changes constantly, due to the fact that the park is just a narrow ribbon of sand, where tides, waves, and currents provide daily, sometime subtle, changes. Storms, of course, provoke more sudden and often severe changes to the ...

From ROBERT HARU FISHER, Frommers,  16 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Billy Mitchell

Victoria, British Columbia: Impossibly Beautiful

"Victoria is such a lovely place," said the lady on my left as we pulled into that city's fabled Inner Harbour. Yes, it is, I thought, and it's no insult to say that its planners beat Disney to the punch, way back in 1908, by creating a terribly ...

From ROBERT HARU FISHER, Frommers,  30 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Rembrandt

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