Category: Europe travel
Finding myself at the base of “La Reconquista,” Melilla’s finest example of Art Nouveau architecture, I forget I’ve crossed continents from Spain into North Africa. As my eyes wander …
If you’re curious about the state of Berlin–the formerly “cool” side of it, that is, and as seen from the well-informed perspective of a young freelance writer who is …
Castles, standing stones, high crosses, holy sites, Georgian mansions, rolling hills, mountains, cliffs at seaside, and sandy beaches. Pubs, story tellers, leprechauns, shamrocks, history, tea, cheese, bannocks, soda bread, …
As you travel, do you take time to learn a few words and phrases in an unfamiliar language before you go? It’s a good idea, one that will enhance …
It’s not just award season for music and movies. This is also the time of year when several “best travel writing” awards results come out. Perceptive Travel often gets …
My, Beavertown Brewery, how you have grown. Launched in 2011 in Hackney as a modest 650-liter brewpub at Duke’s Brew & Que, The House That Robert Plant’s Son Logan …
Two women with shopping bags resting their feet, a girl on a horse, a trade union leader, politician, musicians, writers, an ancient hero who may or may not be …
Wayfaring Strangers: the song, a tale of both physical and spiritual travel, came from the southern mountains of North America to become known and shared across the world. It …
Vacation rental sites like Airbnb and Vrbo provide a wonderful opportunity to “live like a local” while traveling; to gain an approximation of what it would feel like to …
Even when I try my hardest not to exoticize someone else’s food when I travel, no trip to a foreign country is really complete without one of the “what-did-you-just-eat” …
Abandoned castles in ruins, citadel castles on mountaintops, city center castles turned into hotels: you can find a whole range of glorious historic buildings in the Alentejo region …
No doubt you know of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Likely you’ve come across — even told — tales of Donner and Blitzen. But Springbok, Jara, Macaroon — and …