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3 weeks ago | travelingboy.com | Fyllis Hockman |Sarah Wyatt

Rarely is the word funky used to describe an entire town. Welcome to Goodland, Florida — all six blocks of it. Founded in the 1800’s, sitting right outside a tiny harbor, is this almost-as-tiny town. Riding around the neighborhood, large and colorful dolphin, swordfish and flamingo mailboxes entertain enroute.

1 month ago | travelingboy.com | Ruth Katz

I gasped audibly when I entered my room at the NH Collection Milano President Hotel. The view that greeted me through a wall of glass (and beyond which, to boot, there was a sliver of a cozy terrace) was of a gleaming Duomo, sparkling in the sunshine, its gingerbread spires arching toward for the sun. The vista was so spectacular that had the hotel forgotten to put a bed in my room, it would not have mattered!View of the Duomo from hotel guest room. Photo by Ruth Katz.

1 month ago | travelingboy.com | Richard Carroll |Fyllis Hockman

Tucked into a narrow mountain valley in the western foothills of the Bavarian Alps 42 mile… You’ve heard of puppy eyes, right? Tinker is the expert in that department. She knows how … Traveling Boy looks back at one of our travel writers who has since passed away.

1 month ago | travelingboy.com | Fyllis Hockman |Ed Boitano |Deb Roskamp |Tony Chisholm

A production of the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GERMAN TOURIST OFFICE. The T-Boy Society of Film & Music’s final poll for 2020 is dedicated to PILGRIMAGES: Sacred Destinations. You’ll find members’ selections to be deeply personal, reflective and educational; experiences that helped shape their lives. I know I did. Clockwise from Top Left: Oberammergau, a Bavarian village which experienced two major pandemics.

1 month ago | travelingboy.com | Ed Boitano

This installment of Three Things is courtesy of Eileen Power, Publicity & Communications at Tourism IrelandAnswer:We’re surprised how many tourists are unaware that Northern Ireland, along with England, Scotland and Wales, make up the “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.” We share the island with our friends in the Republic of Ireland. The land that makes up Belfast has been occupied since the Bronze Age.