Rockland to Camden
Amalfi
Mediterranean dining with specialties from Spain, Southern France, Italy, Greece, and  Morocco.  (ROCKLAND). [...]

Rockland to Camden
Amalfi
Mediterranean dining with specialties from Spain, Southern France, Italy, Greece, and  Morocco.  (ROCKLAND). [...]

From Siberian forests to Desert plains, Tibetan monastries to Shanghai department stores bike packing in China is as diverse as it [...]

From Katmandu with the millennium approaching we bused down to Varanasi, the sacred Hindu city on the banks of the enormous Ganges river. Here we spent a few days getting [...]

The National Museum "Il Bargello", Via del Proconsolo, 4 Hours: Daily from 8:15am to 1:50pm. Cost: Euro 4.00.
The original home of Bargello, or head of police spies, where Masterpieces of Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Cellini, Donatello are presented, along with priceless ivory, enamel, jewelry, tapestries and weapons.
For a complete listing of the state museums of Florence, go [...]

Getting There
Centrally-located Salzburg is easily reached by rail from almost any point in Europe. Munich is a mere 2 hours away, Vienna about 3. From Paris, Berlin, Budapest, Amsterdam, or Rome, a bit less than a day’s journey will bring you to Salzburg; if you prefer to wake up there, sleeper services are available [...]

        Denmark is not for dieting. Breakfast included in a Danish hotel can easily be an overwhelming display of fruit, cereals, pastries, cheese, bread and cold cuts. Delicious open-faced sandwiches beckon from the more than 2,000 cafes, snack-bars and bars that dot the Danish capital. Larger restaurants offer a bewildering array of options in [...]

MUNICH: Chic, cosmopolitan, carefree and kitschy: Bavaria’s capital and one of Germany’s biggest cities has more than an ample offering of great museums, architectural treasures, historic sites and world-class hotels, restaurants and shops. Add in its abundance of lederhosen and oompah bands and the overall feeling of Gemutlichkeit, or conviviality, and you see what makes [...]

Sights of Budapest…

Citadella. Located at the top of Gellert Hill
(a quick bus ride or character-building, calf-bulking walk to the top) provides the best view of Budapest ’s green hills and dense downtown. The Liberation Memorial used to be joined by Red Army soldiers, but these statues were taken down after the [...]

The National Museum "Il Bargello", Via del Proconsolo, 4 Hours: Daily from 8:15am to 1:50pm. Cost: Euro 4.00.
The original home of Bargello, or head of police spies, where Masterpieces of Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Cellini, Donatello are presented, along with priceless ivory, enamel, jewelry, tapestries and weapons.
For a complete listing of the state museums of Florence, go [...]

Karczma restaurant is a maze of rooms underground; it sits on the old town square which was destroyed during the 1945 Warsaw uprising by the retreating Nazis, and since rebuilt stone-by-stone using old plans and drawings. A typical Warsavian dinner is loaded with cholesterol: there was bread on the table when we arrived, and in [...]

Hints for wine lovers: Local wines are usually available in decanters of 2,3 and 5 decis, (deci-liters); the 5-deci size gives a small glass each to five people. Try to drink the wines of the region you are visiting. From the eastern regions: Lake Zurich and surrounding areas, the Thurgau, Schaffhausen and Lake Constance areas, [...]

TOPKAPI PALACE
When Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror took
Istanbul in 1453, he first ordered the
construction of a new palace for this new
Ottoman capital, on a site in the district of
Beyazit where Istanbul University stands
today. But before long, he changed his mind
and had a number of buildings constructed
on the headland to the southeast. This was
to become the palace [...]

Loviisa. Located 54 miles east of Helsinki, this town belies the strong Russian influences along flavors of the eastern branch. There’s a historic residential district, the notable island fortress of Svartholm, and a pair of land fortresses (Ungern and Rosen) that offer insight into how the Swedes and Russians guarded the King’s Road from raids.
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The fame of these Moldavian churches reaches well beyond the borders of Romania. What is so special about them? They were built in the 15th and 16th centuries, at a time of great political and cultural development of Moldavia. The frescoes were typical of Byzantine churches of [...]

TOPKAPI PALACE
When Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror took
Istanbul in 1453, he first ordered the
construction of a new palace for this new
Ottoman capital, on a site in the district of
Beyazit where Istanbul University stands
today. But before long, he changed his mind
and had a number of buildings constructed
on the headland to the southeast. This was
to become the palace [...]

BREAKFAST IN HOLYWOOD
Panini, a small shop in a town 6 miles east of Belfast, Northern Ireland, is an Italianate delicatessen stocked with dried pasta, salad dressings, a wide variety of Olive oil, and cooked meats from continental Europe. Inside there are three raised tables and a counter bar and outside, three wrought iron tables. [...]

DELFT, Netherlands

Campanile Hotel Delft

The Campanile Hotel Delft Is A Modern Hotel Located Amidst Greenery And Next To A Leisure Center Within Five Kilometers Of Delft’s Historic Center. The 95 Guestrooms Have Modern D’cor With Light Wood Furnishings And All Include Coffee [...]

Chances are that some time during your stay in Brussels, the messages on your answering machine will include an unexpected announcement of the imminent arrival of an old friend, who would like you to show him whatever there is of interest in Brussels.
This is the time to consider churches, particularly St. Nicholas, at the edge [...]

If you are interested in seeing or learning more about delftware, you can visit the De Porceleyne Fles factory and take a tour. The factory is an easy twenty-minute walk from the city center. It is quite fascinating to learn the history of delftware, which was created by immigrant Italian potters inspired by Chinese porcelain [...]

Best station to see God

Medal of honour
Canary Wharf
Comments from cadets
“Coming over the water and into that high skylit ceiling [...]

While this was my first experience underground, Fuentes and his wife Virginie have shown hundreds of people this unique environment since 1992. "The oldest person to go was 74," Fuentes said in his limited but enthusiastic English, as he helped adjust my safety belt before we started out. When I had arranged the equipment to [...]

BREAKFAST IN HOLYWOOD
Panini, a small shop in a town 6 miles east of Belfast, Northern Ireland, is an Italianate delicatessen stocked with dried pasta, salad dressings, a wide variety of Olive oil, and cooked meats from continental Europe. Inside there are three raised tables and a counter bar and outside, three wrought iron tables. [...]

Lodging abounds for every traveler’s preference, even camping and hosteling. My favorites are; Hotel Martha Bühler, Sennwies 15, FL9497 Triesenberg (phone 41-75-262-57-77, fax 41-75-268-15-20). Frau Tschikof-Bühler was the first female member of the Liechtenstein Ski Team in the Olympics. The rooms are Alpine cozy, with sweeping views of the Alps and the river valley. Breakfasts [...]

A guide to hotels, inns, restaurants and guest houses is available from the tourist office. Some hotels have special weekend rates from $200 a person, which usually includes all meals from dinner on Friday thru lunch on Sunday. Other hotels start at Eur70 to Eur80 a day, based on double occupancy.
Findel Airport is four miles [...]

Specialty shops throughout Portugal sell Port wine at inflated prices. Often, the same bottle can be bought in Canada for much less. The exception in Sintra is the Adega das Caves, a restaurant serving delicious, traditional Portuguese food at reasonable prices in a converted wine cellar. They also sell Port, vintage and recent, by the [...]

Some Recommended Tapas Bars
"What a pity to eat a normal meal in a restaurant when you can have tapas (snacks)!. The city is credited with their invention and has more than a thousand bars where the choice of food is virtually unlimited, from seafood to ham and sausage, from vegetable to cheese. The Sevillians actually [...]