Northern Bucharest offers pleasant walks along stately avenues where you can see pre-war mansions, well-tended parks, and interesting monuments and museums. Providing a reprieve from the towering apartment blocks typical of the Romanian capital, it is the city’s wealthiest area, home to several embassies, upmarket hotels and business facilities.
As you can can tell from my previous posts, I am in love with the Languedoc Roussillon region of France. Aside from the fabulous sightseeing and wonderful weather (300+ days of sun a year), it has its share of charming and many-times inexpensive hotels with gastronomic restaurants. I wouldn’t call myself a “foodie”, but I […]
A group of friends and I took a ski trip to the Austrian Alps one year during New Year’s, or Sylvester as it is called in German-speaking countries. All of my friends were experienced skiers or snowboarders and I was the only one who had never done either before. We went to a place near […]
In my late teens and early twenties, I could sit for multiple hours on planes, trains or buses and emerge feeling rested and ready to explore. However, during my last two trips, I noticed that it has become harder to “bounce back” after spending 8+ hours wedged into a seat, trying to nap while the […]
Spain is a country of mystery and romance, and what could be mysterious than the city of Ronda, where the rain falls up!
Czech cuisine includes a comforting array of braised meats and stews, hearty dumplings, and cabbage. In fact, the Czech diet is heavily meat-centric, which can be challenging to the vegetarian traveler.
Waterford is the largest city in the “sunny south east” and one of Ireland’s oldest settled areas. The southeast may not be as sunny as tourism authorities claim it to be, but Waterford is indeed steeped in history and heritage that is kept alive through well-kept monuments to past conquerors and well-preserved old Gaelic traditions […]
Atop the fortress, we felt like kings. Below us stretched jumbled corridors of red tile roofs; a quay stretching out into the sea; the ferry boats churning up whitewater. Nafplio is only a few hours south of Athens, and has become a favorite weekend getaway for Athenians. With its back to Greece’s bucolic southern peninsula, the Peloponnese, and […]
Saltzburg is one of our favorite cities in Austria. It is a small city with lots to see and do. Great food, impeccable lodging and easy to use transportation. Here is our list of the eight best sightseeing excursions.
Most of us walk more while on vacation than we do in our, normal lives. Whether this is because you missed your bus and need to walk (or run) to the station to catch your train, because you are on a two hour walking tour, or because the night is just perfect for a stroll along […]