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126 NEW PLYMOUTH

Full disclosure first: I am married to a kiwi,
who is from New Plymouth on New Zea-
land’s North Island, and he wants to retire
there. Nearly ten years ago, my husband took
me to his hometown, showed me the best of
everything on offer … but I simply could not
see myself moving there.
138 THE AWESOME BILTMORE

A legacy of one of the richest of American
families, the 250-room Biltmore House today
stands in Asheville, N.C., amid its thousands
of well-manicured acres.
148 THE GREENBRIER

The Greenbrier is dizzying enough in its his-
tory, opulence, floral wallpaper, and size, but
the Great American Eclipse of 2017 made our
stay even more extraordinary.
158 A WOO IN THE WOOD

Inebriation, ammunition, a blazing bonfire,
and a beauty queen. Throw in a healthy dose
of pagan mysticism and barrels-full of cider,
and you, my friend, have got the recipe for
one rockin’ wassail.

164 HIGHLIGHTS IN GREY RAIN

Scarlet macaws swooped and squawked
over the trail to the Great Plaza at Copan, a
Mayan ceremonial center in the rural high-
lands of Honduras.

178 HIGH FLYING DOCS
The charitable Royal Flying Doctor Service is
the first, largest aerial medical organization in
the world. Tourists and Australian residents
alike can be treated throughout isolated parts
of this vast country for serious illnesses and
accidents

188 COME FROM AWAY

If you don’t come from Newfoundland and
Labrador, you “come from away,” which also
happens to be the name of the award-win-
ning Broadway musical.

192 TAKING THE CURE ON
RÜGEN ISLAND,

Three days was not enough to see all of
Rügen Island, but it was enough for a miracle
cure. Like most Americans, I had never heard
of Germany’s most popular and largest island
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