Category: Vacations
The German culinary tradition emphasizes pork and veal, potatoes, cabbage, dumplings, and beer. German wines are among the best but are not produced in the quantities found in Italy, …
The villas of the 1920s have given way to condominiums and cheek-by-jowl hotels. Compared to the great sandy beaches of Maui or even California, the rocky little beaches of …
The French Riviera has been a winter retreat for the British, a playground for the playboys, and more recently for the middle-class visitor from hither and yon. It’s nice …
Do not expect to spend a quiet day exploring the stacks in London’s libraries. The libraries are jammed and the wait to get a book can stretch into hours. …
London is for shoppers. Harrods receives the imprimatur of the Queen and of the well-heeled visitor. It stocks everything from prams (baby buggies) to potted partridge. Compared to the …
London has its gaming clubs where the greedy can maneuver for an advantage against the house, the drunk can quickly run out of cash and run up a debt, …
Pub crawling can be undertaken by the accomplished American drinker. Some seven thousand pubs (public houses) await the intrepid. Many are loaded with history, some with Dickensian characters. Some …
B & B, the bed and breakfast experience, is available in London homes where middle-aged ladies, sometimes helped by retired husbands, provide a room with a bath down the …