The Mediterranean islands have been a hotspot of viticultural activity since the 4th century B.C. and continue to produce some of Europe's most complex and historically rich wines. I…
When I was about nine years old, my teacher informed the class that Greenland is actually icy, and Iceland is actually green. My fledgling brain couldn’t compute this fact, and I decided…
Full of festive anticipation, Central Europe’s famous Christmas markets will cajole anyone partial to grinch-like behavior into a giddy spin of holiday cheer. Budapest holds Hungary’s…
In Split, on Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast, I met an elderly man who attested to having lived through most of the 20th century and, at one time or other, carried at least 12 different…
All great cities have a legend or two. Some weave their marketing motif around them. Mythical figures and tall tales are claimed and even fought over when it comes to setting one centre of…
Monaco is an island in the middle of Europe. Or at least, that’s how it feels when we first glimpse the country as we emerge from the Monte Carlo train station.
Over millennia, fire and fumes have belched destruction from the navel of the Earth, while her boundless sea has nurtured but also inundated cities of elegance and luxury. To walk among the…