Note: Update coming soon! Palm Springs. Just the thought conjures up sunny skies, swimming pools, palm trees; a picture…
January 18, 2021
Throughout Spain, the week leading up to Easter Sunday, known as Semana Santa or Holy Week, is one of…
May 2, 2024
I kind of have a fear of heights. Standing at the cable car station in Bolzano/Bozen and staring up at the impressive mountain I was about to ascend, made me a little queasy but I hadn’t come all this way to miss out on a hike in the Dolomites. Specifically, a hike to see the earth pyramids of Renon/Ritten.
November 17, 2022
There’s much more to Strasbourg than its world-famous Christmas Markets, which attract visitors from around the globe every December. When we visited in early November, the city already felt festive…
December 5, 2025
He’s an international man of mystery, media darling, and a murder victim. Otzi the Iceman was brutally killed about…
August 31, 2020
Once the “greening” begins, it’s a sure sign that Spring has arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska. Summer is on its…
June 6, 2024
If “Music is the language of the soul,” the Musical Instrument Museum speaks it fluently. The MIM, as it’s known, is home to more than 8,000 musical instruments from every country on the planet …
January 29, 2023
Oregon’s Wine Country is only about an hour drive from downtown Portland, so some people consider it a day trip. That’s one idea, and …
July 9, 2020
Note: I’ll be updating this post-pandemic story soon. It will be interesting to see how things have changed now…
June 23, 2020
Portugal’s second largest city, Porto, or Oporto as the British call it, has a vibrant cultural scene, fascinating history,…
September 3, 2019