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The Last Metro in Paris
The first Metro we took on our 2023 visit to Paris proved the last for that trip—and perhaps for all others. No heartbreaking love...
Robin Holabird
Jan 28, 20247 min read
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Scenic Scandinavia on screen
https://youtu.be/9XihRkYYTSk Scenic Scandinavia Cruise stops Crossing the waters of a Viking Cruises trip called Scenic Scandinavia bore...
Robin Holabird
Jul 12, 202332 min read
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Around the World in 80+ movies--A Birder's Guide to Everything in Costa Rica
Sometimes we fallible humans just don’t want to accept the truth about ourselves. Make that most of the time. And so I’ve spent years in...
Robin Holabird
Feb 10, 202311 min read
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The Passenger on Spain's Coast
Around the World in 80 Movies research includes watching projects filmed at the bucket list destinations on my trip itineraries. Spain...
Robin Holabird
Jun 9, 202216 min read
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Alone: Grizzly Mountain and other onscreen bears
Following the pattern of my Around the World in 80 Movies book, I prepared for a trip to Canada's bear country at Chilko Lake by watching...
Robin Holabird
Sep 25, 20216 min read
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Grisly Grizzly Preparations
My next book adventures going Around the World in 80 More Movies will include some preparatory research for a trip to Alone's Chilko Lake...
Robin Holabird
Sep 10, 20213 min read
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Galapagos Greetings
An excerpt from Around the World in 80 More Movies highlights the Galapagos, a place I visited with a company called ROAM (Rivers...
Robin Holabird
Aug 15, 20214 min read
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Massachusetts Movie Magic
Massachusetts forever changed the summer box office scene by providing locations for the best shark movie ever. Bruce the Shark never got...
Robin Holabird
Aug 6, 20214 min read
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Yosemite on screen
Can't get reservations to visit Yosemite? Take an armchair trip with films listed in Around the World in 80 More movies Free Solo, 2018,...
Robin Holabird
Aug 6, 20213 min read
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Finding Fiji onscreen
Around the World in 80 More Movies finds locations and fun in Fiji Adrift, 2018 with Shailene Woodley facing oceanic fears. The real-life...
Robin Holabird
Aug 5, 20215 min read
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Chicago scenes seen on screen
Chicago films show up in Around the World in 80 More Movies following travel musings about the great museums in the city. With my last...
Robin Holabird
Aug 5, 20214 min read
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Picturing Porto Portugal.
Porto Portugal serves as film location or setting for brief movie summaries in the upcoming book Around the World in 80 More Movies Harry...
Robin Holabird
Aug 5, 20213 min read
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Busy Baja
Around the World in 80 More Movies includes adventures fishing in Baja California Sur, home to impressive movie locations and stories....
Robin Holabird
Aug 5, 20213 min read
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Cinema Caravaggio
Around the World in 80 More Movies features a look at the artist Caravaggio as a biopic topic along with the artist's influence on the...
Robin Holabird
Aug 4, 20215 min read
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Vegas Visions
Around the World in 80 More Movies checks in on the iconic Nevada city and its films. Desert Bloom, 1986 with Annabeth Gish flowering...
Robin Holabird
Aug 4, 20216 min read
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Ireland Blooms on Screen
Ireland serves as film location or setting for brief movie summaries in the upcoming book Around the World in 80 More Movies Bloom, 2003,...
Robin Holabird
Aug 4, 20214 min read
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Sex at Zabriskie Point? ...some Death Valley Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agfRIrO8lP8&t=8s Around the World in 80 Movies Sex at Zabriskie Point In the movie universe, Death...
Robin Holabird
Jul 5, 20217 min read
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Covid Cinema: Around My House in 8 Movies
The Covid pandemic of 2020 cancelled many travel plans and stopped me from going into movie theaters, a sad condition for someone...
Robin Holabird
Jul 11, 20208 min read
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