Transcendent Travel Experiences
Watering Albert Camus’ untended grave in the pretty Provence town of Lourmarin
(photo at right, by Henri Bosco)
Finding the perfect, isolated beach on one of Mexico’s Bahías de Huatulco
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Standing in the Pantheon, in Rome, and watching light rain filter through the oculus, the “eye of God”
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Cruising full speed ahead across Lake Atitlan, in Guatemala, in a rickety motorboat driven by two 10-year-old boys
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Eating rijsttafel and drinking witbier in Amsterdam
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Visiting Jerusalem’s Western Wall and tucking a prayer on a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones
Being overwhelmed by the immensity and intensity of El Greco’s canvasses at the Prado, in Madrid
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Surviving the harrowing bus ride up to Machu Picchu, then stumbling out and seeing the site for the first time
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Sitting on the river’s edge across from Notre Dame at night, drinking a bottle of wine and watching lights glimmer in the Seine
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Watching the sun set over the Pyramid of the Magician at the Mayan ruins of Uxmal, Mexico
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Enjoying a leisurely lunch at Le Fournil, in Bonnieux, France
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Being enveloped by the sinuous Alhambra—by day, by night, any and every time
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Seeking out every Caravaggio painting in Rome
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Doing yoga at sunrise on the beach at Mexico’s Maya Tulum resort
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Drinking a bottle of cava in a leafy square in the old section of Girona, Spain
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Chancing to find, in Barcelona, the astonishing "Migrations" exhibit by the great Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado (Salgado photo at right, Vung Tau, Vietnam, 1995) 

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