| 06/03/2001 Savor Swiss hotels
Swiss hotels are synonymous with quality and hospitality - and expense. Now some of the Alpine country's grandest hotels have linked to offer a special pass that will take some of the sting out of a visit.
05/27/2001 World War I's Gallipoli battlefield is sacred to both sides
Indeed, the thin, rugged strip of hilly land in western Turkey is
special to the descendants of the Turks and Anzacs – the Australian and
New Zealand Army Corps – who fought and died here 85 years ago during
World War I. 05/13/2001 Germany honors film sex symbol
Long before Madonna or Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich was shocking the world with her strong, sultry image. Now, 100 years after her birth, Berlin is honoring one of its most colorful daughters with an exhibit and other attractions. 05/06/2001 More cooking schools in Paris
A fresh apron awaits you in Françoise Meunier's sunny kitchen, as well as
personalized recipes and everything you need to prepare a three-course
meal. Dress 'French' on visit to France
It's a question posed with surprising regularity: "Is it OK to pack jeans
and tennis shoes for a trip to Paris?" Canal trips are common in Europe
It's possible to cruise all the way from the North Sea to the Mediterranean on Europe's inland waterways. Indeed, in the village of Le Somail, on France's Canal du Midi, we met a retired Dutch couple who were a day away from accomplishing just that. A city with class: Lyon trails only Paris in cuisine, fine art
Lyon, with a metropolitan population of 2 million, is France's
second-largest city. It is also said to have more top-rated restaurants
than any European city outside Paris. That may be, but cuisine Lyonnaise
seems to be built around the parts of animals most Americans throw in
the trash. Paris chef opens home to share love of cooking
Paule Caillat zipped through the food markets of Paris with all the fiery energy you might expect from a petite Frenchwoman with brilliant red hair. Do- it- yourself France
Children are gathering along the banks of the Canal du
Midi. They are calling to their friends to come see the imbécile
. They are pointing at me, and they are laughing. 04/08/2001 Agatha Christie lives on in London plays
And then there were plenty. That sums up the extent of celebrations in Britain to mark the 25th anniversary of Agatha Christie's death. 03/25/2001 Disease threat small for travelers overseas
The twin threats of "mad cow" and foot-and-mouth disease may be the biggest public health scare in recent memory, but for most Americans, it's mainly Europe's problem.
But what if you're planning a trip abroad this summer? 03/11/2001 John Flinn: Europe expert shares secrets
Of all the dunderheaded things I did on my first trip to Europe – and a list of them would fill this section through the year 2005 – the dumbest was failing to read Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door before I went. Unique lodgings: If you go Rating some of Europe's 'bests'
Want to start a fight in Italy? State, forcefully and unequivocally, that a particular village has the best prosciutto. Ditto in England with country pubs. Or in Greece with classic ruins. Taking the kids: Cruises ease Europe touring
There's a different, far easier way to see the world with the children, a way that grows more popular by the season. Take them on a European cruise. A more accommodating Europe
Experiencing the essence of a destination – be it haute or humble – is becoming easier in Europe as an increasing number of nontraditional lodgings welcome visitors. Jim Molnar: Why we love Europe
What is it about Europe?
Well ... gargoyles. Gargoyles are good.
And lederhosen. And gondolas. And hedgerows. Roadside shrines and donkeys and shepherds and singing monks in mountaintop monasteries. Cheese, baguettes and marzipan. Goulash. Curry: Journey into the heart of England's burning passion for Indian food
With lips still burning from spicy chicken, I rise from a table littered with saffron rice to pay the bill. Just then a fragrant pan of spinach and potatoes emerges from the kitchen. Programs mix work, education
Student globe-hoppers may roam with little money, but they often have a luxury that other travelers lack: time to leisurely savor the Old World and plunge into everyday European life. Once those halcyon undergraduate days have passed, the opportunity for an extended overseas trip may never come again. 02/11/2001 Lease car to save overseas
In 1993, Eric Bredesen, a recent college graduate from Dubuque, Iowa, was steering a small Renault in circles around a Paris parking garage. 02/04/2001 Convents offer peaceful respite for weary travelers
My husband and I were looking forward to our first visit to Florence, but there was just one catch – and it was a big one. Tourists slowly discovering isolated Pyrenees
Stretching the length of the French/Spanish border from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, the Pyrenees have long had the reputation as the last undiscovered mountains of Europe. 01/28/2001 Larry Bleiberg: No sequel for this Indy Jones
It has been almost a year now, so I think it's safe to disclose the details of my humiliating French television debut. 01/21/2001 Considering Cyprus: 25 reasons to visit the mythical Mediterranean isle
Before departing for Cyprus, I made a quick trip to the dentist for a checkup. 01/14/2001 All aboard for beauty
At 6,670 feet on a bright winter day, the vast, sweeping snow fields of Switzerland's Oberalp Pass glistened. 01/07/2001 Instrumental exhibits: New Belgian museum is blowing its own horns
Visitors to Belgium's new Musical Instruments Museum beware. Walk around too fast and you'll unleash a cacophony of swirling Serbian bagpipes, juddering Javanese gongs or rumbling drums from Congo. 12/31/2000 Finnish hotel made of snow keeps its cool
Well, yes, of course it's cold in a snow hotel. Otherwise, the hotel would melt. But we hadn't given that little pearl of wisdom any consideration before checking in.
12/10/2000 Bavarian cream fluff
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – It looks about as bizarre as seeing astronauts riding chariots. Hundreds of skiers, all sporting space-age gear, are being hauled up mountains by archaic T-bars. 12/03/2000 Larry Bleiberg: Fine-tune trip with a mission
HAY-ON-WYE, Wales – Thirty bookstores, millions of volumes and two hours to browse. What's a visitor to Hay-on-Wye to do? 11/12/2000 Middle Europe finds its center
After 50 years of East and West, Europe has rediscovered it has a middle.
Not the west of London, Paris and Rome. 11/05/2000 Flashback to the future
BIRMINGHAM, England – It was the world's first Silicon Valley. In the late 18th century – and the early years of the 19th – the region of Birmingham, England, was a hotbed of freethinking and ideas. Exhibit spotlights Cleopatra
ROME – Was Cleopatra an enthralling beauty whose love affairs rocked the Roman world or a canny politician whose wily schemes saved Egypt? 10/22/2000 Alpine autumn
CHAMONIX, France – With the arrival of autumn, time goes back to work. 10/01/2000 Urban renaissance displaces sleaze in Hamburg
HAMBURG, Germany – Hamburg's notorious Reeperbahn, a sprawling red-light district brothels, sex shops and nude bars, once had a reputation as a world-class smut center on the order of Amsterdam and Bangkok. On a budget: $40 a day in Europe and counting
While traveling through Spain, France and Italy last spring, $40 a day was my budgetary goal. It seemed reasonable. Six years ago, I had wandered England, France, Belgium and several other countries on $30 a day. Irish cooking school has broad reach
SHANAGARRY, Ireland – The city banker told the country woman that he would not approve a loan to create a cooking school on a 19th-century farm 25 miles from nowhere. That was more than 800,000 recipe book sales ago, before the school's restaurant opened and before the applicant's photo and signature were printed on the containers of her line of ice cream, produced by her food manufacturing company Coming home to Leipzig
LEIPZIG, Germany – My mother, Sary Fox, had dreamed of returning to Leipzig, in Germany's Saxony region, almost since she left it at the age of 4 in 1934. She was 70 when the mayor's office surprised her with an invitation to visit as part of a group of Leipzig Jews who were forced to emigrate during Nazi rule. 09/15/2000 Span completes highway link in Europe
The tie that binds. 07/28/2000 Hanover hosts the world
The U.S. is pavilionless at this year's World's Fair. 07/21/2000 Pinnacle Peak
Gasps and sighs echo through the mountain air at the full sunset glory of the Matterhorn. 07/07/2000 Germany launches next generation of bullet trains
Fly through the countryside at 186 mph. A rich tradition
Chocolate fans should skip tourist traps 06/16/2000 Van Gogh in the Woods
'Art is always seeking and yearning' is the idea behind the collection |
