June 2016

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In Macau, more than 30 artist and food booths plus live performances are featured at the @5 Outubro Street art fair, occurring on the second weekend in each month (except May and November) in 2016 at the Hong Kung Temple Square. Art and handicrafts made from materials like leather, ceramic and precious metals, some customized on the spot, are sold.

In Tokyo, a tea ceremony room designed for foreign visitors, Ginza Chazen (5F Ginzaishikawa Bldg. 4-12-17 Ginza, Chuo Ward, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan), opened in October 2015. Over 45 minutes, visitors observe a tea ceremony and learn from a tea master how to grind green tea leaves. Open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Reserve by 6 p.m. a day ahead. ¥3,500 (near $28).

As ITN went to press, the State Department had travel warnings on 38 destinations: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, El Salvador, Eritrea, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Israel/West Bank/Gaza, Kenya, North Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Republic of South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen. 

In my quest to experience Europe as the locals do — intimately and on all fronts — I make it a point to eat well. My trip is always the better for it. (My challenge is broadening my perspective while leaving my waistline unchanged.)

These days, my job of eating well is getting easier all the time. Food tours and cooking classes have become a big deal all over Europe.

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One of the things that I love about Asian food is that the preparation is so easy. 

10 days, 9 nights. Highlights: From Panama City, drive into jungle for canoe ride on Chagres River/meet Embera natives for music and dance/tour Gatun Lake/fly to Boquete for zip-lining, whitewater rafting/in Almirante, boat to Bastimentos Island/beach trips, birding tours, snorkeling, kayaking, surfing, jungle hikes. $4,995-$5,295 ppdo (2 people) or $3,990-$4,320 ppdo (4 people). Latin Excursions (Aventura, FL; 866/626-3750, www.latinexcursions.com).

10-day, 9-night textiles tour, Sept. 8-17, 2016, focusing on rebozos (long scarves), in south-central Mexico during Tenancingo’s Feria del Rebozo. Highlights: In Mexico City, visit fashion designer Carla Fernández/see antique rebozos at Franz Mayer Museum/meet artisans in Morelia/on Purepecha Plateau, meet rebozo makers in villages/historic silver-mining city of Guanajuato/Santa Maria del Rio for inlaid wooden boxes and silk rebozos and to meet empuntadoras (fringe artisans). $2,685 ppdo. Single supp., $375.