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Art Bites 108: Greece’s Age of Hellenism
Around 330 BC Alexander the Great spread Greek culture far and wide. The art of the age traded the calm balance of the Golden Age for more exuberance and realism as seen in statues like the Nike of Samothrace.
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Let's visit Scotland’s Glencoe, Inverness, the Culloden battlefield and Loch Ness.

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Let's relax in Cefalù, ponder ancient Siracusa, and fill up at a Sicilian banquet

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Let's enjoy Sicily's Palermo, Monreale, Agrigento, Villa Casale, Taormina, and Mt. Etna

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Celebrate with the locals in Sevilla, Paris, Pamplona, Munich, Nürnberg and the snowy Alps

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Let's join the locals at Siena's Palio, Scotland’s Highland Games, Carnevale in Venice

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Traveling to Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes, we’ll see how cruising can help you island-hop

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We'll learn how to get the most out of a cruise, and look at the joys and the downsides.

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We'll visit Portugal's cities of Nazare, Coimbra and Porto, and savor tasty port wine.

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In England we'll wander through Oxford, Cambridge, Blenheim Palace and Ironbridge Gorge.

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Rick explores salty pirates' towns and Dartmoor National Park.

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Rick travels the southeast coast of England, from Canterbury to Dover.