Slow travel. Eat local.
2
Apr
My Eurail journey through the Upper Rhine Valley of Germany, France, and Switzerland was so beautiful as this region is one of my favorite in Europe — the tudor and half-timber homes, then centuries-old squares and cathedrals, and the wonderful array of cheeses and locally cured meats. This time I was lucky to also explore […]
25
Mar
Cité de l’Automobile – The City of the Automibile I’m not a big car person. Well, I’m not a car person at all. I’ve only owned one car (and it was used) my entire life and I’ve had a driver’s license for, ahem, more than 20 years now. It’s been nearly 10 years since I […]
18
Mar
I’d been to Strasbourg one other time, back in 1999 with my friend Susan. I barely remembered it except for the stunning, Gothic cathedral, which just happens to be celebrating its 1000-year birthday this year. ONE THOUSAND YEARS. Right there is why I love Europe. Standing in structures like that, just gives me chills at […]
11
Mar
Exploring the German Wine Road We wander through rows of vineyards as the orange, autumn sun hangs low in the sky. Leaves crunch under our feet and the air feels crisp. This isn’t Sonoma or even France’s famous Bordeaux region. We’re on the German Wine Road, a 50-mile stretch established in 1935, which runs partly through the […]
24
Feb
KaDeWe Berlin Food Hall KaDeWe (prounouced as Kah-Dey-Vey) is the largest department store in Continental Europe. Short for Kaufhaus des Westens (the “Department Store of the West”), it is more than 60,000 square meters and attracts about 50,000 visitors every day. But I don’t really care about shopping. The sole reason I am here? The gourmet food hall. […]
12
Feb
Back. In. Berlin. I am back in Berlin for a fourth time, and my fifth time in Germany. Clearly I like it here. My first time in Berlin was back in 2007 during my “original world tour”. My friend Mark met me here and we loved it. My second time in Berlin, I came back again […]
17
Sep
“You are welcome to come with us and we have a car,” say my new friends, the Dürnay family, who were also planning a tour of the Spinnerei factory, this afternoon. A car? I am known for (and quite proud of) my use of public transport all over the freakin’ world, but sometimes being able […]
10
Sep
Food tours are becoming increasingly more common in cities around the world. Therefore, I will be increasingly going on them! I always try to do a bicycle tour, so to counteract the calories I burn on that, I should do a food tour, right? Or is it the other way around? I think culture is […]
4
Sep
At first glance, I really like Leipzig. It has what I was missing in Berlin (just about an hour northeast of here) – its heart is filled with pedestrian-only lanes that I love in other cities in Eastern Europe, Spain, and many cities in Italy. Places for people. Cobblestoned lanes in which cars are not […]
7
May
Dear Berlin- I hate to say this, but I feel I must be honest. I think I’ve outgrown you. What?! During my ‘round the world tour, Berlin was hands down one of my favorite cities. It was in the top two for sure – so much so that I returned there in 2008 to possibly […]
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