Zipping around Europe on high-speed trains, it occurs to me how far our transportation systems have come and all the unexpected things we now see as we travel.
Whenever people come to my events or read my books, they ask me, "How do you manage to get invited to so many people's homes when you travel?" I am super social when I travel and I adore couchsurfing.
Here's a list of our top picks for overnight trips, all less than a two-hour flight from London. Start packing!
Our careers as travel, food and wine writers rarely take us to war-torn areas, but this trip was very different for us.
I came, I saw, I "bideted." And neither the maid nor I will ever be the same again.
Hunting down a tapas bar in Madrid is like looking for a Starbucks in New York City: Not hard.
Some have argued that we have entered the Golden Age of Travel, with more of the world open to travelers today than ever before and our ability to go anywhere (relatively cheaply and safely) beyond compare. But a traveler can still dream, right?
I bike to the mellow Jordaan district, which sits about three minutes from Amsterdam's bustling core.
The plan was to spend as many night as possible in the city's famous sex clubs and get the proverbial devil out of my system before traveling onward to Turkey and the Caucasus.
The 1943 arrival of Allied forces meant bombings to Terracina and several other cities throughout the nine-month German occupation, leaving the second half of the 20th century to rebuilding.
the red light district feels barricaded within one small block, defined by the metal modesty walls erected during Hitler's rule.
The German government celebrates the "reunion" of East and West. But let's be honest: The East was effectively annexed by the West, on Western terms.
If you think spending time boozing and schmoozing is a distraction from experiencing what a city is all about, then you don't know Berlin.
The travel media has a great deal of power to correct errors in perception and help restore the image of Greece as a perfect destination for a summer vacation.
It is worth noting that though every country has its own leader, there was only one "King of Pop."
Rather than dwell too long on the bridge, turn right and descend into the Pescaria and Erberie, the fish and vegetable markets.
