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INSIDE WDT

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12 Recently when my wife Mary and I were planning shore excur-
IN SEARCH OF HOBBITS
sions for an upcoming Celebrity cruise around New Zealand
and Australia, she asked if I would be interested in visiting a
place called Hobbiton while we were in port at Tauranga, New
Zealand. “If it has Hobbit’s associated with it, you’re damned
right I do!” And we did.
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26 NORTHERN DELIGHTS
There’s no guarantee when or where nature will trip the light
fantastic, but chances of seeing the elusive solar-powered
cosmic light show are best in the wintry Arctic wilderness.
That’s why I found myself on a Norwegian freighter cruise, 46
deep in the Arctic Circle, in the dead of winter. The dancing
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EUROPE’S KING RIVER
We had all chosen this winter adventure down the Rhine,
Germany’s longest river and the second-longest, next to the
Danube, in Central and Western Europe, to shop at the many
different Christmas markets. These wintertime crafts and food
festivals originated in this region of Europe and fans of the
holiday will find more collectible keepsakes than they ever
imagined.

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