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Saudi Arabia hosted a special New Year’s concert in the archaeological site of Hegra, not far from Alula, one of the oldest cities in the Arabic peninsula, over the weekend to ring in the New Year.

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Kicking off the festival with style is the Tantora Celebration taking place in AlUla Old Town from Dec. 21 – 25 which heralds the start of the winter season with an immersive light and sound show and roving actors.

I discovered the joys of visiting countries around the world via incredible online Airbnb experiences.  I Zoomed off to Italy to make pasta with a grandma, listened to a monk chanting in Japan, took a leopard safari in Sri Lanka, toured Paris and made chocolate with a chocolate-maker in Jamaica. Read on to lap-up my laptop adventures...  Creating handmade pasta with an Italian grandma Nonna Nerina Tamanti (left) and her granddaughter, Chiara Nicolanti (right), host an online pasta-making cla...