To say that Madeira is a nice place to be would be an insult. To say the weather here is great would be an insult. To say the people are nice here would be an insult. To say that the Madeira sweet wine is good would be an insult. Are you sensing a pattern here? […]
Meandering around Madrid
June 10, 2009 by 10 Comments
Madrid to me is kind of the forgotten capital of Europe. You know it’s there but you always prefer to go elsewhere in Europe and especially in Spain. Barcelona, anywhere in Andalucia or anywhere along any of the coasts all seem more appealing. The are no beaches, the weather is so so and other than […]
Força Barça!!!
June 7, 2009 by 8 Comments
When I rank my favorite cities on Earth, Barcelona is always at the top of the list. What other city in the Northern Hemisphere combines the beauty, history, food, nightlife and beaches that Barca does? It is also the home of the newly crowned European Champions, FC Barcelona, who rocked Manchester United last week 2-0 […]
Agrigento and the Valley of the Temples
June 5, 2009 by 5 Comments
The ferry from Lampedusa brings you to a place called Porto Empedocle which is the port town to Agrigento, a fairly large gorgeous city perched on a hill on Sicily’s Mediterranean Coast and the gateway to the Valley of the Temples. This is a very important UNESCO World Heritage Site and a very cool place […]
Loving Lampedusa
June 4, 2009 by 6 Comments
I owe the Travelers Century Club and their list big time for introducing me to Lampedusa which is the last volcanic island in the Mt. Etna chain and the southernmost island in the Mediterranean belonging to Europe. It is in fact administered by Italy and in considered a part of Sicily but is hardly so […]
Italia in Short and Pictures
June 1, 2009 by 3 Comments
A journey through Italy is a treat in every sense of the word. It may be the best place to visit on Earth because you get so much for your experience. The food alone is worth the price of the trip. From Michelangelo’s David to the endless amounts of pasta, pizza, gelati, cannolis, bread and […]
A Milano Quickee
May 26, 2009 by 1 Comment
If you listed the great cities of Europe, you’d probably have to look pretty far down the list to find Milan. Unless you are a top model or footballer, there isn’t much to make you stay in Milan. Milan was not originally on the agenda for this trip but sometimes things don’t work out exactly […]
A Truly International City
May 25, 2009 by 1 Comment
If one city on the planet could say that it fits the whole world in its hand then surely that city would be Geneva. Laid out along the shores of the utterly gorgeous Lake Geneva; Europe’s largest Alpine lake, Geneva is about as International as it gets. In Geneva you’ll hear words uttered in just […]
Paris is a Moveable Feast
May 24, 2009 by 2 Comments
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast” – Ernest Hemingway My favorite heroine put it perfectly so what can I say about Paris that hasn’t already been said? […]
Brussels and Luxembourg
May 22, 2009 by 6 Comments
More often than not the Benelux countries of Belgium and Luxembourg go unvisited as most people tend to stay in the Netherlands for the comforts, or not, of Amsterdam and the windmills that are more familiar. However, both countries have a national identity all their own. Brussels, the capital of Belgium is one of the […]
