When Roger Bell takes a vacation, he normally flies to a national park or visits friends up north for two weeks. But like many Americans, Bell, a Woodstock, Georgia-based technical writer, lost his job in 2009. And that changed the way he vacations — mayb…

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Shorter, cheaper vacations the new normal (source: CNN)

STAUNTON, Va. – In this little town in the Shenandoah Valley, near the curvaceous Blue Ridge Mountains, surrounded by nature, history, and culture, a doughty band of actors bring Shakespeare alive – the way actors did in Shakespeare’s day. (source: The Philadelphia Inquirer) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Va. offers simple, authentic experience (source: The Philadelphia Inquirer)

LET’S GET the most obvious question out of the way: The reason drummer Carl Palmer didn’t join fellow progressive-rock icons Keith Emerson and Greg Lake on the latter musicians’ current tour wasn’t personal in any way. (source: The Philadelphia Inquirer) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

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CasiNotes: Emerson and Lake drum up entertaining, Palmer-free show (source: The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sydney – A South Korean driver who placed inordinate faith in his hired car’s global positioning system (GPS) was rescued after the vehicle got stuck in a bog on the way up Australia’s east coast, news reports said Friday….

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Blind faith in GPS turns road trip into Outback nightmare (source: Earth Times)

LONGVIEW, Alberta — If we had been using a GPS, we probably never would have found it. But relying on a old-fashioned paper road map, we drove northward on the Cowboy Trail

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Cattle country — but bears lure the tourists (source: Boston Globe)

Tourism is encroaching on the way of life of Orthodox monks who have become the de-facto guardians of Georgia’s cave monastery of Vardzia. (source: CNN) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Georgia’s monastic caves under siege (source: CNN)

The Alta Velocidad Española, or AVE, has made train travel in Spain the way to go, both environmentally and in comfort and convenience.

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High-Speed Rail Gains Traction in Spain (source: International Herald Tribune)

It’s better to get this out of the way first and foremost. Last weekend was the most hellish transfer weekend ever.

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Travel blog: Licking the one-sie

Winter Park has base-area condos for sale, and more on the way, at prices lower than most Western competitors. (source: USATODAY) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Second homes: Base village brings Winter Park ski resort to its peak (source: USATODAY)

Discovery isn’t always pretty. I might never have stumbled upon Felton and her sister town of Ben Lomond if my toddler hadn’t, um, revisited an earlier meal all over himself on the way to Santa Cruz.

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Felton and Ben Lomond are great for kids (source: SF Gate)