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When it comes to vacation, the coronavirus pandemic is making people take the road less traveled.
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There will be no first glimpse of the Eiffel Tower. No strapping on a backpack for a trek through the Alps. No choir trips to Italy, no families posing next to the guards at Buckingham Palace, no couples honeymooning on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.
Sunday is the first full day of summer, traditionally a time when Americans young and old begin excursions to foreign countries — for fun, school, or visiting friends and family.
But for the first time in anyone’s memory, we won’t be taking those trips in June — and maybe not all summer. Not because we can’t afford it. Because we are not permitted.
“Stay out,” we are told by many countries. “Borders closed,” we are told by others. We can’t even drive to Canada for the weekend!
Due to the cancellation of numerous flights, only the status of three flights could be found on a video monitor within an arrivals section, virtually empty of travelers and others, during a midday visit to the A.B. Won Pat International Airport in Tamuning on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Photo: Rick Cruz/PDN)
Grounded. COVID-19 has robbed us of many normalcies…
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