A Short Family Ski Vacation in the Dolomites
One of the things that I was most excited about in moving to Italy was the prospect of discovering new …
Go! Europe, Italy
Deep in Italian Culture: Four Anecdotes
Original anecdote: I was out for a drink with my Italian physical therapist and explaining that I really liked Italian …
Archeologist for a Day
My oldest daughter, now 19, once dreamt of becoming an archeologist. When she was 13 she heard that the bones …
A Walking Trip on the Speyside Way in Scotland
After the fun and success of last year’s hut-to-hut hiking adventure in the Austrian Alps, we planned for a similar-but-different …
Five Days of Hut-to-Hut Hiking in the Austrian Alps
For at least a decade, hut-to-hut hiking in Austria has been near the top of our travel adventure to-do list. …
360 Degrees of Longitude: Memories and Philosophy
I just finished a book that I originally really didn’t want to read, ‘360 Degrees Longitude’ by John Higham. Traveling? …
Vienna ist fur Kinder
Vienna ist für kinder! Vienna, Austria boasts castles, boat rides, music history, gorgeous Hapsburg-yellow buildings, and fantastic parks. We lived …