“Two strangers from opposite sides of the world—an American grandmother and a Kiwi with a guitar—on their very first date in Portugal, with the Atlantic sparkling at our feet.” A magical day on Madeira Island that set the tone for …

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Love, the Sounds, and the Lockdown That Changed Everything into an Unexpected Twist in New Zealand “We thought it was just another adventure on the sea—until we stepped off the ship and into a world that would never be the …

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