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Discovering much to see and do on a 5-week stay in Brussels

A well-preserved medieval center, dozens of world-class museums, a wealth of Art Nouveau architecture, affordable antique and flea markets and more than 1,500 restaurants are enough to belie Brussels’ reputation for being boring. Visitors will find Brussels a joy for looking, learning, walking and eating.

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Exploring Spain’s Extremadura

So, it’s time to plan your next trip and you’re thinking… Europe. But you’d like to venture to a place not yet overrun by tourists, an area of rugged, natural beauty, one where the streets of the local towns still whisper the secrets of those who walked there centuries ago. Is there such a place left to be discovered? I believe there is, and it’s called Extremadura.

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Focus on Archaeology » Vilnius: a royal palace reborn

Over the course of 15 years and seven trips to Lithuania, I have been present at all stages of that rebirth: from empty spot to open pit with archaeologists extracting artifacts to construction of a palace resembling the one that stood there 500 years ago. On my last trip, in July 2007, the outer shell of the palace stood almost complete. Only the interior needed to be finished and furnished.

Latin America » Tidbits from Chile

Chile’s landscape stretches from the northern deserts of Atacama to the southern glaciers of Patagonia, adorning it with a diverse and alluring array of scenery that is catching the eyes of Hollywood filmmakers and setting Chile apart as a hotspot for movie-making.

From the Archives

• Karneval in Germany — In the November ’06 “All Aboard!” column, Jay Brunhouse mentions Karneval in Cologne, Germany. However, in 2007 Ash Wednesday occurs on Feb. 21, not April 4. Good Friday is April 6. We have been in Cologne for Karneval six times in the past eight years. The last five times we went, we were there from the Wednesday before until at least the Tuesday afterward. The big parades are on Rosenmontag (which will be Monday, Feb. 19, this year) in Cologne, Düsseldorf and