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After a Dark Era, a City Looks West and Sees a Future By CLIFFORD J. LEVY MAYBE it is the cobblestone byways that meander through Vilnius and appear more suited for horses than horsepower. Perhaps it is the unexpectedly historic architecture or the hulking castles that whisper of…

By TINA KELLEY JUST what were we thinking, tackling an eight-and-a-half-mile hiking trail with a mostly hearty 6-year-old and a 25-pound 2-year-old (whose weight magically doubles when he’s napping)? Well, we were thinking that the calendar said spring — despite the…

Adventures in Low-Cost Travel By MATT GROSS UNRESTED and unshowered, I arrived at Luton Airport, in suburban London, around 5 a.m., and did not expect my situation to improve. I’d been up all night, wandering around London with friends, and now I was about to fly to Morocco on an…

By KIM SEVERSON Tetbury, England WHEN Prince Charles gazes from the upstairs windows at Highgrove, his home near this tiny town in the English countryside, he can see a tree planted by the Dalai Lama. It grows near a field of rare British wildflowers, which fade into a row of box hedges…

By GISELA WILLIAMS Amsterdam still harbors a strong bohemian and laid-back spirit, which means affordable options rarely found in other European capitals, from well-priced restaurants to free cultural events. And it's an easy city to navigate, thanks to its small size and the efficient…

NEW YORK (AP) -- One million new trees will join the urban landscape of New York City by the year 2017 to reduce air pollution, cool temperatures and help improve the city's long term sustainability, officials said Saturday. The tree program is one of 127 environmental proposals that Mayor Michael…

On a Budget in London? Think Small By JANE PERLEZ A NEWCOMER to London has to start with the premise that very little is affordable in this city. For starters, there is the £4 subway ride that will take you one stop. And then the check for a modest restaurant meal often looks…

By ELAINE SCIOLINO WHEN the 24-year-old James Baldwin arrived in Paris on Armistice Day in 1948, he came with big dreams, a little more than $40 in his pockets and no knowledge whatsoever of the French language. He discovered what he called years later “a large, inconvenient,…

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By ANN M. MORRISON IT'S deer season in Luxembourg. You'll find blue, yes blue, deer all over the capital city of the world's only grand duchy — on brochures, on banners and as four-foot-high metal sculptures. The deer, with 2007 stamped on its hindquarters, is the symbol of…