Karen Rubin, Travel Features Syndicate Editor & Publisher, is a veteran travel writer and publisher, who is devoted to the mission of travel: to engender understanding – of self and others – and life-enhancing, life-enriching, life-changing experiences, and break down the barriers and borders dividing people, while creating the economic underpinnings to sustain environment, heritage and culture.
This week, New York State’s Olympic facilities at Lake Placid are hosting the FISU World University Games, welcoming 1,443 collegiate-athletes plus coaches and…