Road Scholar

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• See Albuquerque’s idyllic Old Town all dressed up for the holidays
• Learn about traditional New Mexican arts and crafts as you create your own piece of folk art with creative instructors
• Enjoy festive light displays at Albuquerque's annual

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• Learn how the 8,300-foot Davis Mountains form a “sky island” of temperate, forested environments amid the arid Chihuahuan Desert
• Study its complex geology and unique ecosystems of Big Bend National Park
• Visit the world-renowned McDonald Observatory and learn to identify celestial objects in the night sky at a Star Party

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• Experience the protected natural areas of the Keys, including a visit to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the country’s first undersea park
• Key West’s colorful history comes alive on visits to the Overseas Railroad Museum, the Custom House and Ernest Hemingway’s home
• Enjoy the unique artistic and holiday traditions of sunny Key West, including an expert-led walk through Mallory Square

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• Discover Vancouver’s Van Dusen Botanical Gardens, a classical Chinese Garden and the old growth forest in Stanley Park
• Join a horticulturalist who will take you behind the scenes to the elegant Queen’s Gardens to experience Victoria’s colonial past
• Explore the renowned Butchart Gardens where some 900 varieties give you uninterrupted bloom from March through October

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• Learn about the diversity of Florida’s native wildflowers, trees and other flora at the Naples Botanic Gardens, featuring 1,000 species from seven natural habitats over 170 beautiful acres
• Meet specialists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida to discuss urgent ecological issues facing the region and the steps conservationist organizations are taking to confront them
• Encounter native wildlife while traveling through the mangroves and the rippling waters of the Gulf during a study cruise narrated by a local expert

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• In Dresden, the “Florence of Germany,” hear the story of a city that has risen from the ashes of WWII
• In magical Prague, venture to Old Town Square to see its Astronomical Clock display an entertaining “theater” performance on the hour
• Walk through the storied history of Berlin with visits to the German Reichstag and the famous Oranienburger Strasse

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• Visit the famed quarries of Carrara to learn why this marble is the material of choice for great sculptors and architects
• Explore the villa of Lorenzo de'Medici at Poggio a Caiano, and visit a winery in the Tuscan countryside to sample Tuscan wines
• View the great masterpieces in Florence: works by Donatello, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Caravaggio, Cellini and Michelangelo’s iconic sculpture, “David
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• Explore the 14th-century palace of the popes in Avignon
• Gain rare access to one of the oldest family ranches in the Camargue, France’s national wildlife reserve near Arles
• Enjoy a taste of local life in Aix-en-Provence
• Peruse the stalls overflowing with fresh flowers and produce on market day and sit down to dinner with professionals who live in the city