I arrived at the airport on a rainy Tuesday and took the train to Paris. From there, I had to take the metro and find my way to my central located hotel. Piece of cake.
The instructions were really useful and the line colors helped finding my destination.

My first memory of this journey was from ...

London is one of my favorite cities to visit. Most of the time, my travels to Europe from the US take me through Heathrow, and I always look for the opportunity to do a long layover.

I don’t know if London has grown on me because of my many visits, or if I visit London so frequently because it has grown ...

Since we were in Austria, specifically Vienna, for just a few days, it makes sense to combine this report with Hungary, since we also spent just a few days there.

This is not the first time they have been combined, since they were officially united from 1867 until 1918 and officially called the more...

This past year of 2020 has been (we hope) an aberration, never to be duplicated when it comes to the world of travel. Flights canceled, borders closed, events of many types- all canceled as well. Every country in the world has been affected, and events that have endured for decades- centuries- were bypassed in 2020. ...

It’s hard to get a handle on the Italian island of Sicily since it has so many facets. Is it full of history from thousands of years ago? Yes. Does it have a spectacular volcano that is still active? Yes. Does it have congested, polluted, wild, untamed streets run by “unsavory” elements? Also yes!

Though ...

Discovering the Best of Burgundy on a France Canal Cruise with European Waterways...

As I soak in the hot tub on the prow of the boat, sipping a specialty cocktail and watching the French countryside slowly pass by, I feel totally content. This is probably the closest I will ever come to the experience of being ...