Travel Europe
Europe calls us again and again. Yes, there are other places around the world to see, however travel in Europe beckons in ways unlike any other place. But rather than go to do the usual touristy thing, go to see what it really is about. Ask questions, read the newspapers, write what you see and hear and smell and feel in your journal. See Europe through the eyes of someone who lives there or someone who watches and appreciates European life.
The whole continent of Europe is changing fast. It is evolving so quickly that its own inhabitants and leaders sometimes cannot even keep up. Much like, in fact, our own country. That may be reason enough to visit.
Day 1 in Europe | The Art of Hanging Out in Lucerne, Switzerland
The first days of spring are a cause for celebration in any country and sometimes the best celebration is simply going out into the sun and hanging out. I have always loved the café culture in Europe ever since living abroad as a student and…read more
Day 2 in Europe | Hungry in Cinque Terre
There are few things quite as happy as sitting to lunch with an empty stomach, a group of friends, a possible glass of red wine, and being presented one local Italian dish after another: Caprese salad with mozarella cheese so creamy and fluffy that I…read more
Day 3 in Europe | Nice, France
The Promenade des Anglais is a long, elegant avenue running along the edge of Nice, France that touches the waters of the Mediterranean. It has several lanes of traffic, a palm-lined median, tall buildings on the city-side and a wide sidewalk on the sea-side. The…read more
Inspired by what to eat at a French farmers market
The American writer Ernest Hemingway in 1950 wrote to a friend, “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”…read more
To Madrid, a love letter
This is the first of a three-part series. To arrive in Spain in grand fashion you cannot do better than Madrid’s Atocha train station. Our high-speed train glided into the giant terminal after reaching speeds of over 300 kilometers per hour on its three-hour trip from Barcelona….read more
When in Madrid, we must eat
This is the second of a three part series, “To Madrid: A love letter”. The first post is here. In this second post, Madrid eating should be an entire blog by itself so we will just touch on it here. Winter 2016 We staggered with…read more
Modern Madrid changes as fast as everywhere else. And yet…
This is the third and final post of our series, “To Madrid: A Love Letter”. The first post is here and the second post is here. Now, modern Madrid looks to its techy future but cannot stray far from its fraught past. Much like, in fact,…read more