There are trips you plan, trips you dream about, and trips that end up etching themselves into the fabric of your memory so deeply that no amount of time can erase them. Island-hopping in the Caribbean belongs firmly in the third category. It is not just a vacation; it is a pilgrimage to turquoise waters …
It was supposed to be the party where the world remembered how to breathe. The 1972 Summer Games in Munich were designed as a rebuttal to history’s darkest echoes—sunlit architecture, pastel uniforms, smiling volunteers, and a host city determined to prove that “the cheerful Games” could rinse the century’s taste of iron from the mouth. …
