"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." —Marcel Proust
Still the cultural and religious center of Spain, Toledo once was the country’s capital. Because the hilly small city dozed off the grid for decades, it’s remarkably well-preserved and retains the imprint...
I’d hoped a visit to Consuegra for the annual Saffron Rose Festival would help me learn why this spice is considered more valuable than gold. Not far from Toledo, directly south of...
Developing recipes is one of the more challenging aspects of my work here at The News-Herald. It’s an even bigger challenge when the dishes originated in another country and I am dealing...
Step into Monet’s garden at Giverny and enter a living work of art by the father of Impressionism. Claude Monet was in his 40s and already a well-known painter when he established...
Charmless strip shopping lines many multi-lane highways, and resorts — such as Disney’s Grand Floridian — are often the only places attempting to recreate elements of the past. Unless you look hard,...
William the Conqueror was crowned there in 1066, and Westminster Abbey has been the scene of every English coronation since then. It’s been the backdrop for royal weddings and the final resting...
The English Channel Islands are bathed by the Gulf Stream with a frost-free climate that results in the ability to grow lots of things rarely seen in other temperate parts of the...
Warmed by the Gulf Stream, 24-square-mile Guernsey in the English Channel is a delightfully sunny sanctuary little known to Americans. Miles of walking and cycling paths thread through flower-strewn meadows along breezy...
My daytime British Airways flight to London required an early-morning check-in, so the new TWA Hotel at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was an obvious choice for my most...
Sark is an enchanted isle lost in time, floating like a mirage in the English Channel. Although a magical place for today’s visitors, it was Europe’s last bastion of the medieval feudal...
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