Knoxvillians Around the World

A Month in Japan, a lifetime of Lessons Story and Photography by Noah Allen Appeared in Cityview Magazine, Vol. 41, Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 2025) From bullet trains to temple bells, one East Tennessean discovers that Japan’s greatest…
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A captivating place, unspoiled by time The mention of Cape Cod sends me into a reverie: As you cross the Sagamore Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal, you lower the window and smell the salt air. You notice that your shoulders are lower…
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Where the roads end and the ice beginsDramatic landscapes and humbling experiences. In the middle of the night, as our ship pitched and rolled in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, I lay awake, confident in the captain’s ability – but also…
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Journeying home for an epic visit—from Transylvania’s Carpathian Mountains to the Blue Danube Underestimated. Beautiful. Complicated history. Home. That’s Romania, the beautiful country where I was born and lived until coming to the…
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Standing in the presence of a creative legend’s memories It was the summer of 1989. My mom had taken me over to a her friend’s house to visit, as she often did, as they chatted and baked, sipping black coffee. Cooped inside with not…
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Conquering the wild: A seven-day odyssey through Scotland’s majestic West Highland Way I lifted a creaky latch on the farm gate long enough for me and Toni to slip through. The sheep seemed disinterested in escape and who could blame…
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From Paris to Annecy and Back—Enjoying the City of Light and the Venice of the Alps in one vacation We flew from JFK Airport to Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris and settled into our room at the Hilton Paris Opera, an ornate building…
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The mountains teach us lessons in our most vulnerable of moments Clouds littered the valley floor of Pichincha province as we nudged recalcitrant cattle and straddled fraying fence line. My team was getting their first taste of altitude…
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