Stories tagged Europe

With dramatic landscapes, picturesque vistas, and over 60,000 miles of coastline, Norway should be at the top of anyone’s list of countries to visit.

“Winter is coming. We know what’s coming with it."  Jon Snow, Game of Thrones Dettifoss, located on the northeast corner of Vatnajokull National Park, is one of the most powerful waterfalls in Europe. It's also where the opening scene of Ridley Scott's Prometheus was filmed. Snow transforms Iceland’s landscapes, and not just in the winter…

Christmas lights put Paris pedestrians into the mood of the season. Paris is a most magical place. There are always new sights. There are always stories. On this trip, we were with friends with small children, and we had only a few hours left in which to capture and consume some of that magic. Time…

The age-old art of handmade, glass-blown, and paper mache Christmas ornaments lives on in the village of Lauscha, in Germany's ancient Thuringian Forest. Karen LeBlanc in the Krebs Glas Lauscha showroom, open to the public. One of my favorite Christmas memories as a child was unspooling the tissue paper-wrapped silvered Christmas ornaments compartmentalized in cardboard…

Sunset view of Cathedral in Narbonne over the canal Blessed with historic rustic villages, seemingly never-ending vineyards, and relaxed unhurried canal life, barging on the medieval Canal du Midi in southwestern France’s remote Languedoc Region was the ideal escape after a long, difficult two years with the COVID pandemic. Our tiny 8-passenger first class hotel…

Neist Point Lighthouse perches on the far reaches of Skye and catches the sunset colors. Spring comes slowly in the Highlands of Scotland but as sure of the Old Man of Storrs stands, it does come. Lambing season begins, wildflowers bloom and waterfalls run swiftly as mountain ice melts. Skye, 639 square miles in the…

For more than 800 years, Innsbruck, has been the hub of the area known as Tirol, the most mountainous province of Austria.

On my first trip to Europe many years ago, my sister Patty and I traveled around Ireland, England, Scotland, France and Switzerland via our Eurail Passes.  I found standing in front of the big departure boards in the train stations thrilling. 

The region of Maramureș is a vast, untamed territory, filled with local traditions and a very rich history. This small enclave is one of the most isolated regions in Europe.

When my friend told me he was leaving New York City for the much smaller city of Norwich, England to take over his dad’s fish & chips shop, I couldn’t imagine why. Wouldn’t he get bored?