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Jul 13, 2024 | vegnews.com | Aurelia d'Andrea |W Maldives |Ketut Subiyanto |Tima Miroshnichenko

Nothing ruins a vacation faster than stepping off the plane in Bali and discovering your bags have been routed to Mali. Experienced travelers know that baggage snafus happen with disarming regularity and that it can take days for the airline to reunite you with your wayward luggage (if they manage to track it down at all).

Apr 25, 2024 | moon.com | Aurelia d'Andrea

Paris’s Left Bank, known as Rive Gauche, staked its claim in the hearts and minds of expats more than a century ago, when creative types from America, Europe, and North Africa migrated here to explore and refine their crafts in a supportive, booze-fueled atmosphere.

Apr 25, 2024 | moon.com | Aurelia d'Andrea

One of the first things you’ll notice about living in Paris is the formal politesse that pervades daily interactions. Neighbors greet each other with a cordial bonjour and au revoir, sales clerks will always refer to you as madame, mademoiselle, or monsieur, and most of the time, drivers will actually slow their Citroëns and Renaults down to a stop at crosswalks for pedestrians—which may or may not be a direct result of the Ministry of Transportation’s efforts to establish a Day of Courtesy.