Hidden Gems in Brazil

Off the beaten path in Brazil South America’s largest country is well-known for its capital city, Rio de Janeiro, and its annual carnival parade.  Perhaps best viewed from Sugar Loaf Mountain, seeing the Atlantic coastal forests descend to the city’s fabulous world-class beaches and Guanabara Bay – it is truly something special.  And views aren’t bad from

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A Palace Hotel Fit for Kids

Vivian steps boldly through Shangri-La Paris’ original iron gates, into the discrete courtyard and past the hotel’s elaborately carved facade to enter a glamorous, domed-topped marble foyer— as hell-bent as a princess. Dancing confidently through the former home of Prince Roland Bonaparte as only a nearly-three-year-old-toddler can, her pig-tails bobbing, the liveried doormen at her beck

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