Shrovetide carnivals like those in Rio de Janeiro, Venice, and New Orleans, need little by way of introduction. They’re well-famous, days-long festivities in the lead-up
I was surprised that Maribor didn’t make the list of the top 50 most walkable cities in the world. Or even the 33 most walkable
Maribor. Maribor. Maribor. The name was embedded in my brain long before I ever set foot in the city. I knew of it because of
I’m not a massive fan of museums. Unless they deal with war or resistance or the Holocaust. Or something completely off the wall like the
Standing at Kodžak, what residents call the National Liberation Monument in Maribor, I looked around. The castle was on my left and another building clothed
We had one night in Maribor. One dinner. And I wanted something different, some place with a story.
I’m a huge fan of the Balaton. In winter. Not in summer. I thoroughly dislike it in summer. But in winter it’s magical. There’s a
The year was 1784. It was the year the Grand Canal came to this part of Ireland. The artificial waterway was first conceived in 1755
“It’s all very French.” That was one of my more acute observations made all the sharper because we were in France. In Brittany.
Let’s have lunch in Josselin, our host suggested. Grand, we said, having never heard of the place.
