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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.

Victoria rates among the best cities in the world in Cond茅 Naste Traveler鈥檚 2013 Readers鈥� Choice Awards. This year, almost 80,000 people took part in the survey, casting 1.3 million votes.

A portion of the world鈥檚 cruise ship fleet is on its way to Florida and things are about to get crowded. The imports from across the pond will be joining ships that spent the summer serving the Caribbean and Mexico.

Coming from a picnicking, backpacker travel heritage, it has taken me decades to recognize the value of a fine meal. Now I can enthusiastically embrace a long, drawn-out 鈥渟plurge meal鈥� as a wonderful investment in time and money.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service SAN EVARISTA, Mexico Rising at dawn to catch the sunrise, cruise passengers nursing coffee cups watched as the Safari Endeavour glided past the Baja Peninsula鈥檚 ragged coast.

For some time, I鈥檝e been wanting to return to the Algarve in southern Portugal, my favourite stretch of Iberian coastline.

Gerry Cahill, Carnival's president and CEO, uses the word 鈥渞edundancies鈥� a lot. To put his use of it in context, he鈥檇 surely prefer to talk about enjoyable Fun Ship 2.

BODIE, Calif. Nothing against Virginia City or Tombstone or any other collection of Gold Rush-era wooden structures along that ribbon o鈥� highway, but they are to ghost towns what Disneyland鈥檚 Matterhorn is to true alpine peaks.

I was in the Tuscan town of Orvieto, doing my best to stay in my hotel room and finish some writing. But there was a Pentecost festival going on outside 鈥� I could hear it outside my window.

While most cruisers are positive, ask them what bugs them most about cruising and one of the answers will be 鈥渢he Internet.鈥� On ships, Internet access can be slow, with connections being lost, and cost a lot.