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46       HOW TO BECOME A WINE ENTHUSIAST
                If you practice diligently tasting and learn-
                ing about new wines, you’ll find that your
                preferences in wines will evolve. It’s called
                educating your palate. A wine that makes
                you gag today may well become a favorite
                next year and vice versa.

       50       PORTMEIRION, WALES
                This is no doubt one of the most unique
                villages in Britain. No one has ever lived
                here - yet there’s an admission fee to stroll
                around, and some 250,000 visit each year.
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        56      WHIDBEY ISLAND                                                                                        In a land of lots of scenic wonders, there is
                In a land of lots of scenic wonders, there is
                one I return to again and again, despite my
                sweaty palms, accelerated heart rate and
                                                                                                                      sweaty palms, accelerated heart rate and
                shaky limbs.                                                                                          one I return to again and again, despite my
                                                                                                                      shaky limbs.
            AUGSBURG’S FUGGEREI | PAGE 62

            Imagine paying only one dollar per year in rent!
            That’s what some 150 residents are charged
            to live at the Fuggerei in Augsburg, Germany,
            the world’s oldest charitable social housing
            complex.

            TRAVEL BY THE BOOK | PAGE 67
            Susan McBeth reviews Lisa Lee’s “China Dolls”
            The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, and Ruby is
            sent to an internment camp.
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            IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY | PAGE 68
            If you’ve ever wondered what you might do in
            the event of an emergency, I can only tell you
            this. If you’re me (which I am), and you’re in the
            loo...

            POSTCARDS FROM TUSCANY | PAGE 77
            John and Jody continue their entertaining and
            informative “post cards” to the publisher.

            WHITLEY ON WINE | PAGE 76

            Robert makes the case for refreshing dry roses
            and then picks a winner from J Winery.

            AMONG THE CRITTERS | PAGE 78
            A half-hour into the preserve, we arrived at our
            abode, the Keekorok Lodge, for the next several
            nights. This was not exactly a tent slung across
            some post, but a first-rate lodge.
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