Become a regular at a local cafe or bar to get a sense of the real patterns of daily life.
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Become a regular at a local cafe or bar to get a sense of the real patterns of daily life.
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Attend a local religious service to compare and contrast the traditions with your own or find a window into another faith.
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Attend a local religious service to compare and contrast the traditions with your own or find a window into another faith.
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Public transit makes for great people-watching and interaction in any city.
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Public transit makes for great people-watching and interaction in any city.
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Renting a pied-a-terre like this one in Paris offers some dining flexibility and enhances your ability to pretend you live around the corner.
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Renting a pied-a-terre like this one in Paris offers some dining flexibility and enhances your ability to pretend you live around the corner.
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Ducking into inexpensive local eateries often yields the most delicious results.
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Ducking into inexpensive local eateries often yields the most delicious results.
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Make time to relax. Locals may not spend a lot of their lounging time in the lap of luxury, but you know they don't exhaust themselves running to museums all day. <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2012%2F07%2F13%2Ftravel%2Freader-vacation-planning-tips%2Findex.html">Read about readers' travel philosophies</a>
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Make time to relax. Locals may not spend a lot of their lounging time in the lap of luxury, but you know they don't exhaust themselves running to museums all day. Read about readers' travel philosophies
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