The winter weather never gets really inclement in Italy. Sure, it rains in the winter. Sometimes it even rains a lot, like last winter when incessant downpours combined with snow-melt in the Italian Alps created an impressive – and destructive – Tiber flood. But compared to the winter disasters of northern Europe, Italy stays downright [...]
Bicycles are undoubtedly the most popular form of transportation in Bruges, Belgium.
Rain, sun or snow, the locals can be seen zipping across they city’s Market Square, over its bridges and into its charming, narrow streets. Instead of parking lots, there are bicycle lots, and the cheap and eco-friendly mode of transport can be found chained [...]
Spend your next vacation in France living like a hamster.
In the wake of the Christmas Day attempted terrorist attack by a man on board a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, there are plenty of rumors flying around about the possible beefing up of TSA security rules on airplanes, especially international flights bound for the U.S. In fact, the entire blogosphere and Twitterverse [...]
I realized that things were different on my first day. I was standing in line with a bunch of other study-abroad students waiting to get my student ID when it struck me that we were all American.
“Where are the other international students,” I wondered. For that matter, where were the Irish students?
It turned out that [...]
For anyone who visited the Eternal City two or more years ago, it will come as a shock that you now have to pay to enter the Roman Forum. This isn’t exactly breaking news – the site was already closed to the non-paying public when I passed through Rome a year ago. But if you’re [...]
The sunny, cold winter days in Amsterdam make me never want to leave the city again.
To fully enjoy the Dutch winters, take a walk, rent a bike, or even hop on a canal cruise and take in all the beauty that the city has to offer. You won’t be disappointed.
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After a day of play in the Alps, you may have any number of cold weather cravings. I, though, only have one.
It’s knödel(n) – also referred to klöß(e) or kartoffelknödel and prevalent throughout Germany, Austria and the Alps as a whole, though many countries in Europe have their own form of the dish.
There are some [...]
Avalanches in northern Italy today caused the deaths of seven people, including Maximilian Conrad – a 14-year-old German tourist skiing with his brother and a friend.
Skiing is a blast, and in my opinion an integral part of winter travel in Europe. But, like any so-called extreme sports, the activity comes with a slew of dangers. [...]
Latest: Alright here goes…*ahem*…Spain, Portugal, Italy, The Vatican, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, England, Scotland, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland (in that order). My last trip through Europe was a year-long escapade that included everything from a London New Year’s to the San Fermin and Oktoberfest [...]
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