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Sean Conway
Jan 14, 20216 min read
I Can See for Miles and Miles in Majestic Norway
I’ve has this theory for a while now that being able to train our eyes on a distant point is good for our mental health. In other words,...
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Sean Conway
Jan 8, 20217 min read
You Want it, They Got It in Amsterdam
Amsterdam was the third city on our whirlwind 2013 European adventure, and the first that I’d fallen in love with. I liked our days in...
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Sean Conway
Dec 29, 20203 min read
A One-Night Stand in Bruges, Belgium
Our first European adventure as a couple, back in 2013, took us to five countries in two-plus weeks, beginning with a couple days in...
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Sean Conway
Dec 2, 20205 min read
Turned on by Off-Season Ogunquit
I’ve written about coastal Maine before, specifically about our road trip up to Bar Harbor, and there was no shortage of great seaside...
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Sean Conway
Oct 25, 20207 min read
Stockholm, I'm Home
Sweden had been on my radar for a long time. During my MFA program, I’d spent three summers studying in the south of France and Madrid,...
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Sean Conway
Sep 29, 20206 min read
It's Always Travel Season (Even When It's Not)
Call me a technophobe, but I’ve always worried about all the photos people take and have on their phones, or PC hard drives, or stored in...
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Sean Conway
Aug 30, 20209 min read
In Hawaii, Things Keep Getting Better and Better
We joined my brother, his wife, and their then-eight month old daughter on an ambitious Hawaii adventure in 2018. They’d been three...
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Sean Conway
Aug 21, 202011 min read
Where it Began: An Overdue Return to Lake Winnipesaukee
Throughout the first half of the 1970s, my family owned a camper and lot at a summer trailer park on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire...
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Sean Conway
Aug 16, 20205 min read
In London, An Abbey Road Pilgrimage
This past September marked the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ classic album Abbey Road, which included the iconic tracks...
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Sean Conway
Aug 12, 20204 min read
Room to Breathe in France’s Alsace Region
It was an ambitious trip abroad this summer—a week in Belfast, Northern Ireland for my sister-in-law’s wedding, then almost three weeks...
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Sean Conway
Aug 7, 20204 min read
I'm a Belizer
It wasn’t particularly easy to get to, which might be why it’s such a hidden gem. From Boston we laid over in Houston, then on to Belize...
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Sean Conway
Aug 3, 20206 min read
My Favorite Bicycle Rides On the Road
I’m not a bicycle enthusiast: when I ride, it’s usually for a few miles, not 30 or 40, and I'm never wearing a Spandex superhero suit....
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Sean Conway
Jul 31, 20204 min read
Florence by Floodlight
We arrived in Florence midday from Venice, our hotel right in the heart of the city, Plaza del Duomo, in the shadow of the iconic Duomo,...
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Sean Conway
Jul 27, 20204 min read
All Hygge, All the Time, in Copenhagen, Denmark
The United Nations recently released its “World’s Happiest” report, and this year the happiest country in the world is Finland, with...
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Sean Conway
Jul 25, 20206 min read
How to Get St. Croix in the USVI all to Yourself
Our favorite place in the Caribbean is probably St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Being a U.S. territory, it’s easy to get to and...
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Sean Conway
Jul 21, 20204 min read
Rome if You Want to
For many, Italy serves as an introduction to Europe, and for good reason. Rome, in particular, is often one’s first destination, with its...
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Sean Conway
Jul 19, 20204 min read
Far Away, So Close in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland
I’ve done extensive genealogical research these last few years, tracing the branches of my family history to Ireland, Sweden, and...
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Sean Conway
Jul 13, 20206 min read
Like Paris? Love Budapest!
Budapest was the next big city on our 2019 trek after a few nights in iconic Paris. In between, we’d visited the Alsace region of France...
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Sean Conway
Jul 11, 20205 min read
St. Jean de Luz is our French Newburyport
Newburyport, Massachusetts is about a 45-minute drive from our home, and it’s a ride we don’t mind taking every few weeks just to sit...
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Sean Conway
Jul 8, 20205 min read
When We Walked in Fields of Gold
I’d heard the song being played on four different recent summers overseas. Sting’s iconic 1993 melancholy hit “Fields of Gold,” with its...
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Sean Conway
Jul 5, 20209 min read
How to Run with the Bulls in Pamplona (and Live to Tell the Tale)
The photo of a man on his back holding off a giant bull while one of its horns penetrated his calf, the outline of the curved and sharp...
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Sean Conway
Jul 2, 20206 min read
Even the Moon Looks Real in Salzburg, Austria
If I were to bring someone to Europe who had never been, the city of Salzburg in Austria might be our first stop. It’s a great...
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Sean Conway
Jun 30, 20204 min read
Set Your Compass to the Irish Bar, even in Maine
My wife and I have had a lot of good meals and drinks in the pubs we’ve visited in Dublin, Killarney, and Galway, and in fact there’s a...
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Sean Conway
Jun 28, 20204 min read
Why the Country Needs Rick Steves Right Now
I grew up in the 1970s raised on iconic PBS kids’ shows like Sesame Street (which premiered in 1970) and Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood...
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