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BIG SUR, Calif. 鈥� McWay Falls is picture perfect. The waterfall drops 24 metres into sandy McWay Cove along California鈥檚 Big Sur.

The lowering sun glares in my eyes as I walk down a hill above Hookipa Beach, famed favourite of windsurfers. In a warm, gusting breeze, offshore surfers wait for breakers.

These days, 鈥渂udget European travel鈥� includes point-to-point flights within Europe. When I started travelling, no one spending their own money bought one-way air tickets within Europe. It was prohibitively expensive.

SAN DIEGO 鈥� You and I both know where to find an endless supply of watchable animals 鈥� felines, canines, reptiles, eating, sleeping, swinging, swatting, spooning. It鈥檚 hard to look away. Time flies by. 鈥淵es,鈥� you say with a sigh.

Two cops, standing on a corner, represent all New Yorkers. My son and I are lost trying to find our hotel. Mention the name and the cops gruffly advise they鈥檝e never heard of it.

Iceland is trendy these days. Its powerful loneliness and mighty features can be ideal for exotic film locations 鈥� so parts of Game of Thrones, Batman Begins, Prometheus, and the upcoming Noah were filmed here.

For many river cruise lines in Europe, November is the time to start refurbishing ships for next season.

SEATTLE 鈥� The stately home overlooking the city from Queen Anne鈥檚 Bigelow Avenue North is where Geneva MacDonald, a legal secretary with a 鈥減assion for gardening,鈥� was killed with a hatchet in 1990.

Seville, the capital of Spain鈥檚 southern Andalucia region, is as soulful a place as I鈥檝e ever been. It鈥檚 a wonderful-to-be-alive kind of town, buzzing with festivals, heat, colour, guitars and castanets.