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Seattle Welcomes Lufthansa
Many came today to witness the arrival of Lufthansa Airlines
under a water canon salute.
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An
Introduction to St. Petersburg: Russia’s Window to
the West
No trip to
Russia would be complete without visiting St.
Petersburg, the country’s second largest and most
Westernized city.
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Three Simple, Yet Tactical Rules to Remember When
You’re Buying Souvenirs
Rule # 1:
Whenever you see a souvenir
you want to buy on vacation always buy another
really, really ugly or incredibly tacky one to go
along with it.
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Poland's Absolute Must: Warsaw and Krakow
The Polish capital
Warsaw is an absolute must for anybody wanting to understand the
country’s history.
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Kregg P. J. Jorgenson’s Don’t Mind Me, I’m Just Passing Through
Kregg P. J. Jorgenson, local writer and frequent
contributor to European Weekly, recently
published a travel guide of sorts.
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Something Like
Lovely
Some travel writers will go to any lengths to get
their story, while a dumb few will occasionally opt
for altitude instead.
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A Slice of Italy
Driving through Italy you get the impression that
posted speed limits are meant to be more suggestive
than a binding law, especially after a line of
Maseratis, Moto Guzzis, Ducatis.
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It Takes a Pillage...
Several Vikings sealed up leaks in their longboat
using a traditional mix of wool and tar as caulking
material.
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Copenhagen's Erotica
Museum
Copenhagen’s
Erotica Museum celebrates erotic and sex.
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A trip to Istanbul
Istanbul, one of the latest vacation hotspots, is an
enticing marriage of Western and Eastern
Europe--perfect for the traveler looking to get
away.
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The French
Re-Connection
Awhile back a friend who was planning a trip to
Europe with his wife asked me for advice on where to
go and what to see.
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The Dollar Diet
If one of your New
Year’s resolutions is to lose more than a few pounds
before summer then one fast and easy way is to
exchange your dollars for British bank notes.
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Some language
required
Our plane had just arrived at Schiphol Airport
outside of Amsterdam and after gathering our luggage
and clearing Dutch customs my wife went to exchange
money while I went to pick-up our rental car.
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Ambiance and Our Better Selves
Ambiance is more than the
French word for atmosphere. It has also come to mean
that warm, fuzzy feeling we get from a special
moment or place, that certain likeable and seemingly
palpable something we recognize and appreciate
almost immediately.
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Getting a good read
on travel books
One of the best and least costly investments you can
make for your European vacation is in a reliable
guidebook, especially if the travel tips,
recommendations and hints in it can save you time,
money and aggravation.
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Dragons in our midst
For well over 500
years European maps carried the legend: ‘Beyond
Here- There be Dragons.’ But it was more than
hyperbole or superstition. It was part of their
historical legacy and lineage.
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Kokommer
Having driven throughout Europe over a number of
years I preferred to drive the smaller compact cars
for a variety of reasons. First- the smaller models
actually are comfortable. Europeans know how to make
comfortable small cars.
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Other pigeons at
Trafalgar
I was standing in London’s Trafalgar Square staring
up the tall column to the statue of Admiral Lord
Nelson thinking of Arthur Ferguson when I was hit by
a whiff of grapeshot or something just as revolting.
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The
enlightened rail pass
I was in Brussels, France for a good day and a half
before I had learned that Brussels wasn’t
in France. It’s in Belgium or so I was told.
"Really?” “Oui,” said
an amused local, “You know, like Belgian chocolates?”
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Valkenburg- A Dutch treat
The Spa attendant was telling us something with authority
in Dutch and when we gave her our usual confused American
tourist shrug and ‘I’m sorry! excuse,
she nodded, said “So, yes!” and quickly
switched to lilting accented English.
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Travel tips: Picturing Paris
One of the best sightseeing bargains in Paris just
happens to be one of the best floating photography
platforms as well. And in these times when your vacation
dollar isn’t going as far as it used to the
Seine River boat tours can keep your budget comfortably
afloat.
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To
whom the bull tolls
I love Paris and have ever since I read Hemingway
and decided that I too should become a writer. I mean,
who wouldn't want to hunt big game in the Latin Quarter
or along the fog lined quays in the early brisk mornings
when the herds come down to drink the from the Seine
and said as much one night another watering hole...
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The emperor's tomb
“There are six coffins
in all,” the English
woman said looking up
from a dog-eared
travel guide book over
half-framed glasses as
I stared out over the
railing down at the
ornate and well
polished tomb of
Napoleon in the
Eglise du Dome in
Paris. I was trying to
figure out what
exactly it was I was
looking at and
apparently it showed.
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