I Hate Loud Music: Carnival in Trinidad
Tens of thousands of Trinidadians living abroad pour into their country every year for carnival. Many buy their costumes in advance, join a masquerade band, and live it up. Imagine…
A Boomer Tour of the San Francisco Classics
San Francisco, the epicenter of the tech world, attracts droves of moneyed millennials so, of course, there’s no shortage of trendy bars and fusion restaurants. But the city hasn’t lost…
Athens, An Artful Blend of Ancient and Modern Despite Years of Financial Crisis
Returning to Athens after more than a dozen years seemed to me like an emotional Odyssey, full of unknowns. Would it still be the city I knew so well over…
Italian San Francisco
This article originally appeared on March 8, 2018 in Accenti. It is impossible to think of San Francisco without its Italian heritage. There are the notables: A.P. Giannini, who founded…
Learning in the Luscious Luberon
THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT THE LUBERON (appeared in Travel World International) 2017 The Luberon area of Provence is known for its hilltop towns, lavender fields and its colorful bounty - …
Travel Secret: 10 Reasons Why Berkeley Has the Best of Everything
This article originally appeared on August 10, 2017 in CAA Magazine. Click here to see the original version Great food, scenery, architecture and more are waiting just across the bay…
CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER TOUR SNOB
This article originally appeared on June 21, 2017 in Travel Industry Today. Click here to see the original version 21 JUN 2017: I admit it. I used to think tours…
Stalking the White Indian Rhino
“Tomorrow we’ll see the rhinos up close”, said my guide, Sanjoy. We were in a jeep, ambling down the road bordering the Kaziranga Wildlife Preserve in northeastern India. Elephant, wild…
Baden-Baden
BADEN-BADEN FLASHBACKS
This article originally appeared in the 2016 Winter Issue of Dreamscapes Magazine. Click here to see the original version I am here for the waters, but everywhere I turn, this…
HAMBURG: Germany’s Scandinavian City (Appeared in Ensemble Vacations).
How many travelers would guess that Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany, and one of the most affluent, with the second largest port in Europe, after Rotterdam. Unlike…