Although its reputation took a hammering during the disastrous collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, Serbia has since become one of Eastern Europe’s most...
Europe
Did we mention we love Ireland? We’ve had the good fortune of traveling from South to North, East to West and all the way back down again. I can safely say...
Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Air New Zealand’s inaugural Dreamliner flight between Auckland and Hawaii is set to take off.
The Boeing...
Can you guess what I have in common with the Queen of England, Sophia Loren, the Rockettes, and Tinkerbell (besides two X chromosomes)? We’re all godmothers...
Germany Experiences
Bask on a Baltic Beach
Bike the Berlin Wall
Visit Wine Country
Visit a Mini-Museum
Paddle in Spreewald
Count Michelin Stars
Find a...
Best of Poland
Raft a River
See a Piece of Italy
Discover Chopin
Explore Primeval Forest
Go Behind the Scenes
Escape to the Mountains
Find...
The thing that always surprises me about London is how the city combines the historic and the modern, sometimes even on the same street. You might, for...
Introduction
While much of the action in Croatia is focused along its immensely beautiful island studded coast or in world class national parks like Plitvice...
Introduction
Clean, efficient, prosperous – to say the least, the first impression of Zurich by travelers is a uniformly positive one, even if their wallet...
Le Ripe villa, Tuscany, Italy. Photo: Home Base Abroad
How does a holiday in an Italian villa sound? Like a dream, if you ask us. Sure, the holidays...
Kayaking through a floating iceberg.
Another double rumble of thunder rips the air. It’s the sound of a nearby glacier calving, shucking huge slabs of...
Introduction
Of all the former regions that comprised Yugoslavia, it is not hard to argue that Croatia got one of the best deals upon the dissolution of the...
Whenever I’m faced with a long journey that can either be completed by bus or by train, I always end up choosing the train.
I like the comfort of spacious...
We had heard from friends that Milan, Italy was less than stellar from a travel perspective; however, what we found while exploring the fashion capital of...
Cycle Through the Laurentians
For an exhilarating fresh-air journey through Quebec’s forested Laurentian Mountains, rent a bike and hit...
