Semifreddo all’amaretto (Smifreddo with Amaretti Biscuits), Panna Cotta with Basil and Lemon Cream, Chocolate Tortino and, of course, Tiramisu. Let’s start the article with dessert! It was a good thing that we biked 25-30 miles a day. The barge was a floating gourmet Italian restaurant and it was impossible to say no to the desserts! […]
A soldier’s diary makes history real as commemorations mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice ending World War I All history is personal when you dig deep enough. That’s why I carry a bulky loose-leaf binder on a recent trip to Belgium. The country is marking the 100th anniversary (November 11, 2018) of the armistice […]
With around 36 million visitors a year, Paris continues to feature high on many people’s travel bucket list. But beyond the City of Lights are enchanting castles, medieval villages, secluded vineyards and even exotic islands. Embark on a unique journey through La Belle France to the most beautiful and memorable places that not even […]
Lunch can be another high point of your ski day. With day lift ticket prices pushing $200, ski and snowboard areas have upped the quality of their high-country cuisine for food lovers. Forget burgers and hot dogs for lunch… Resorts now serve on-piste repasts such as Kobe-beef chili and grilled venison in elegant, sit-down settings. […]
Eighteen years had passed since I first rode my R100GS to the Bay of Pigs during a three-month-long, 7,000-mile exploration of Cuba as a professional journalist. Eighteen years spent dreaming of leading the first U.S. group motorcycle tours of the island. Finally… I was so stoked, I couldn’t suppress my glee any longer. “Yeeeeeeaaah!” I […]
When Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette entered the gates of Fontainebleau Palace during the 18th century, local villagers looked on with awe. But “astonishment” better described the reactions of tourists when our group of nine bicyclists rode through the main entrance of the grand castle last summer. The historic royal residence was just one of […]
Two slab-sided peaks jut above the tropical sea’s horizon. The silhouettes, blurred by the tradewind haze, push into billowy clouds tinged with a pale green from the emerald slopes. No wonder sailors describe their approach toward shrine-like Bora Bora as a pilgrimage. Bora Bora is just one of nearly 120 isles that make up French […]
Throughout Austrian ski villages, you’ll encounter clocks which run backwards, the hands arcing from right to left. Time passes a different way in the Austrian Alps — and snowy space expands to cosmic, crystalline dimensions. From a viewpoint such as 9,216-foot Valluga in St. Anton, the universe seems to hold nothing but mountains … glacial, […]
I had forgotten how big they are. Manta rays — first just one — then three — then six — approached us divers in the opposite direction as we swam along Modivaru Manta Point. With their 12-foot wing spans, they briefly blotted out the shimmer of the sun as they swooped above — seemingly as […]
Most vacationers complain that their trip seemed too short — that “I was just starting to slow down.” Days passing too quickly definitely was not my experience when my wife Daya and I spent eight days at Turtle Island in Fiji this October. Time disappeared. The holiday felt endless, as if more experiences always awaited. […]