Travel Stories

Whitby Abbey was a significant inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula C. Ludgate
Enchantments on the UK Rail
It was just shy of two hours after leaving King’s Cross in London and gliding north into the unfolding countryside when I pulled into York Station. Beams of sunshine poked through the curved glazed ceiling...
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The Art & Science of Seaweed Foraging
Along oceanic shores and rocky seascapes exists an integral part of the planet's vast marine ecosystem. Here in this intercoastal environment, numerous species of this hearty algae family thrive in systematically...
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An Elevated Wellness Immersion
I knew in an instant when I was finally able to do a full upward bow again, that I was where I needed to be. It was the Mountain Yoga Festival in St. Anton, Austria, and yogi nature lovers had been ascending...
Santa Maria was built upon the Temple of Juno in Gozo, Malta Christopher Ludgate
Off the Map in Malta
All to myself in the morning light of Gozo, I drifted through the tiny fortified alleys of Iċ-Ċittadella, hugged by lofty limestone ubiquitous in Malta’s architecture. Standing on a foundation more than...
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