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    The Nine Ghost Villages of Northern France
    Melissa Banigan
    • Feb 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Nine Ghost Villages of Northern France

    Over 300 days during World War One, these villages were completely wiped out – along with hundreds of thousands of French and German...
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    The Chiringas Over El Morro
    Melissa Banigan
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 16 min

    The Chiringas Over El Morro

    The sky was filled with the chiringas families had bought at nearby stalls. They chased each other’s tails in the sky like parrots,...
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    An Island Where Rocks Have Faces
    Melissa Banigan
    • Oct 21, 2018
    • 5 min

    An Island Where Rocks Have Faces

    First published March 22, 2017 in BBC Travel Petroglyphs found throughout Guadeloupe’s rainforest provide a window into the island’s...
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    Seizing the Day in the Algarve
    Melissa Banigan
    • Oct 21, 2018
    • 5 min

    Seizing the Day in the Algarve

    Fish, oranges, figs, seafood, the cold Atlantic, and the blaring yellow sun. Flashes of color, the smell of salt in the air. These are...
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    20 Years of Solitude
    Melissa Banigan
    • Oct 21, 2018
    • 8 min

    20 Years of Solitude

    Barrel-chested and bull-necked, Will had cerulean blue eyes that offset the safe, sturdy gravity of his body and made me feel as though I...
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    Solo woman traveler over 40, francophile, feminist, single mother. Journalist for The Washington Post, CNN Travel, BBC Travel, Fodor's, NPR, Atlas Obscura, and more. Also the founder of Advice Project Media.

     

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