What makes for a great vacation? Two weeks in a villa in Umbria, with simple food, warmth of family, and small-town laughter. I would love to call this graceful seven-bedroom villa in Umbria my home in Italy. However, I don’t think Signora Patrizzi, daughter of a patrician Roman family, would approve. She owns everything my eye rested …
One of the best places to go for a weekend away from Manila is Brunei and its beautiful beaches, taking business class on Royal Brunei Airlines.
I visited the palaces of Imperial Russia, including the home of the Vorontsov family, which is the most beautiful palace in Crimea.
In Russia, we found the best restaurant in Vladivostok for our last lunch. This restaurant serves both seafood and steak.
I recently traveled to the exotic Russian Far East to discover the best places to eat the famous Kamchatka crab of Russia. This crab is found in Kamchatka, which is the wildest region of Russia. Even Russians consider Kamchatka the last frontier of their country. The jump-off point for Kamchatka is usually the …
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Last night I arrived in Vladivostok expecting only Russian wilderness. Instead I found style and sophistication in a luxury boutique hotel made out of wood. Vladivostok is the farthest point east on the vast Russian continent. To get here from Kaliningrad, which is at the other end, it takes about ten hours on a direct …
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When it comes to ghosts, Scotland and England seem to take the lion’s share of haunted experiences. They really seem to have more ghostly encounters compared to the rest of Europe. Major tourist destinations like London, Edinburgh, and St. Andrews all feature very popular ghost tours. ENGLAND IS FULL OF GHOSTS However, many of these tours are purely for fun …
Everyone loves a good ghost story and hotel ghost stories are especially plentiful in old cities. Here are some of the most haunted hotels in Europe.
In Singapore for ITB Asia, the biggest travel industry event in Asia, I experienced the kindness of strangers and realised the power of positive thinking.
In South Africa we stayed at the 12 Apostles Hotel and Spa in Cape Town. Finding ourselves at the Leopard Bar, we booked a gin-making class with Angus van Aarde, the resident mixologist.