From Holland’s past to present, Rotterdam is the real deal
A Dutch friend said, "I heard a dozen languages in Amsterdam; one of them was even Dutch." The joke is that, like many antique European cities such as Brugge, Belgium,...
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Holland’s ‘back door’ opens visitors’ eyes to another side of the country
Hoek van Holland is not The Netherlands of art museums and glass-topped canal boats. It's nuts-and-bolts Holland. If you are here it is probably as a passenger on one of...
Tuscany in winter: Fewer tourists, and region’s riches still within reach
We have rented a farmhouse in Tuscany. It comes with a cat named Calabria, an herb garden and views of the rolling Tuscan hills — as well as the vineyards,...
Europe in winter is a great deal for many reasons
Why go to Europe in winter? For one thing, it's cheap! My round-trip Boston-to-Paris airfare on Iceland's discount carrier WOW Air was $550. That's less than half of the summer-season...
No matter what happens, we’ll always have Paris
"Avoid crowds," a friend said when I told her I was going to Paris. Good luck. Paris is a crowd. Every sidewalk, corner and cafe is crowded. And this city...
Wellington, New Zealand: ‘The coolest little capital in the world’
We approach New Zealand's capital by ferry from that country's South Island. At first all we can see is mountains and sea. Wellington is around the corner in a sheltered...
The gorgeous island of Terschelling soaks up the most Dutch sun
Terschelling is a two-hour ferry ride off the north coast of the Netherlands through shallow seas plied by fishing trawlers and majestic two-masted schooners, of which there are so many...
People Down Under are up and over the top
Why visit Australia? After all, isn't it just America with kangaroos? Those were my thoughts till my wife's and my best friends asked us to travel there with them. In...
Spain’s Toledo is a jewel frozen in time
You can drive around Toledo, Spain, on a pretty ring road across a canyon that allows you to study this elegant hilltop city like fine sculpture on a pedestal. And...
Hit Sioux Falls on your way to Rushmore
I came to Sioux Falls for a wedding and stayed for a weekend. It is a surprisingly wonderful place, perhaps not a destination but certainly worth a couple days en...