Is there hope for the future?  In his latest book, A Thing of Beauty: Travels in Mythical and Modern Greece, Peter Fiennes travels to the sites of famous Greek myths on the trail of hope, beauty and a new way of seeing what we have done to our world. Peter explores what the ancient Greeks have to say to us today and why it's the people who give us hope. 

Peter walks through stunning and spoiled landscapes on the trail of dancing activists and Arcadian shepherds, consults the Oracle and loses himself in the cities, remote villages and ruins of this storied land. Find out if the ancient Greeks actually had anything to say to us about our climate crisis and our other ecological concerns. From Greek mythology to Greek food and all the way to picturesque beaches of the Greek islands, Peter draws on dreams and moments of hope that he encountered during the first year of Covid. 

If you're not able to visit Greece right now, you can visit a little bit of paradise in the North Carolina Mountains. Although every season is perfect to visit the Biltmore Estate, Leeann Donnelly, Senior Public Relations Manager for Biltmore, shares why the holiday season is Biltmore’s most popular. 

And with the holidays right around the corner, the Asheville Regional Airport is ready to make visitors feel right at home. Tina Kinsey fills us in on how to best navigate traveling this holiday season.

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