"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." —Marcel Proust
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...
Not far from Puerto Viejo, dedicated souls work to help the jaguar and other creatures The Jaguar Rescue Center and La Ceiba Private Reserve near Puerto Viejo was my long-awaited destination...
The distant call of train whistles has been an almost unconscious part of my life for decades, informing my dreams of distant places and thoughts of travel as I nod off each...
Early morning was my favorite time, when the fog lingered on the still surface of the canal, and the crowing of a rooster from a nearby farm welcomed the day. Before anyone...
As soon as we discovered that the small swimming pool on the Opal’s sun deck was really a large, heated whirlpool, our attitude toward the rain changed. Sitting in the hot, swirling...
When I saw Vegemite on the expansive breakfast buffet, I realized those vaguely British accents I’d been hearing on the Opal were Australian, not English. Vegemite — a paste made from brewer’s...
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