Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com San Juan P.R., USA Travel to San Juan by sea at least once because no other view can compare. Here in the same time zone as Nova Scotia and Bermuda the sun rises early and as dawn breaks the island’s highest peaks rise out of a lush emerald carpet and thrust
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Barcelona Beckons I might never have seen Barcelona had a cruise to Rome not begun there, and that would have been a travel tragedy. Barcelona is not only a different flavor of Spain and a distinctive take on Europe, but a feast of sights, sounds, and tastes that will
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Magical Montserrat What to do with one day yet in Barcelona before the cruise weighs anchor? There’s plenty of ground yet unturned in the city, but there’s also an intriguing day-trip site of a completely other flavor that begs to be on a Barcelona short list. The Monastery of Montserrat
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Shanghai Museum: Furnishings & Jade The Shanghai Museum’s stunning collection presents an intimate picture of Chinese culture and history that makes it a great introduction to China for the first time visitor. The museum has gathered together more than a million ancient art objects including bronzes, ceramics, paintings, calligraphy, sculpture,
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Old Shanghai The Old City of Shanghai stands on the site of a small ancient settlement which first came to prominence when upstream silting forced the move of dock and market activities downstream in the 12th and 13th centuries. Shanghai soon became one of seven ports of entry designated
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Capitalist China One of the most striking features of Shanghai’s spectacular skyline is the Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower. Completed in 1994. It is still one of the world’s tallest broadcast antennas (468 m./1,535 ft.). The Tower stands on the east bank of the Huangpu River across from
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com The Other Side of the World As I board the twelve hour flight from Seattle to Shanghai, my mind is churning at the prospect of seeing up close and personal what I’ve otherwise seen only from a distance and through a Western lens. Except for Made In China labels
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Guadalajara’s blue collar Midtown What I refer to as “Midtown Guadalajara” runs east from Chalpultepec to 8 De Julio, and south from Calle Independencia to Libertad. Avenida Vallarta passes directly through its heart, but much of what’s worth seeing and doing in this eclectic neighborhood happens on its less-traveled
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Guadalajara’s Parque Revolución For those who have sated themselves on Guadalajara’s high profile tourist attractions, the neighborhoods of the city’s midtown offer a change-of-pace urban experience that invite the visitor to return again and again. From working-class neighborhoods on its eastern edge that offer up colorful mom-and-pop shops, newsstands,
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Padua (in Italian “Padova“) is less than half an hour’s drive from Venice, and even the time spent on a farewell breakfast at the hotel on Lido and a ferry ride back to the mainland to retrieve the car still allows for a mid-morning arrival. In fact, the distance between
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