On a recent trip to Iceland I had lunch in an excep­tion­al­ly good restau­rant called Mar Restaurant locat­ed near the Old Harbor in down­town Reykjavik. The head chef is a young, very cre­ative man named Sveinn Thorri Thorvaldsson. I had a creamed lentil soup with corian­der infused oil, that was absolute­ly deli­cious and unlike any […]

I recent­ly returned from a trip to Naples, Italy and was extreme­ly impressed by the cul­tur­al aspects of this vibrant city. If you have not been to Naples in a while, you need to return. There is a new young major, Luigi De Magistris who is mak­ing a great many inno­v­a­tive and con­tro­ver­sial improve­ments to […]

I recent­ly returned from Prague, a beau­ti­ful city rich in his­to­ry where streets are lined with beau­ti­ful­ly dec­o­rat­ed build­ings and struc­tures. You will find a wide vari­ety of paint­ed hous­es in pas­tels, coral and rich blues. Majestic church­es and ancient Bell Towers make up the sky­line. Prague Castle, the mag­nif­i­cent Charles Bridge and the Astrological […]

The 2012 Christmas mar­kets are in full swing now thru December 24 through­out Switzerland. Mostly notably is the Montreax mar­ket con­sid­ered to be the largest how­ev­er when I vis­it­ed it a cou­ple of years ago I was dis­ap­point­ed in the qual­i­ty of the gifts for sale. This mar­ket had more food and drink for sale […]

  I just returned from 4 days in Montecatini Terme locat­ed about half way between Florence and Lucca.  I stayed at the Grand Hotel Nizza et Suisse very cen­tral­ly locat­ed and this became my base for explor­ing the town and the area. Shopping galore in this town, you’ll find lots of Italian design­er cloth­ing and […]

On a recent trip to Florence I woke ear­ly one morn­ing to see the city before the tourists were up and about and walked along the Arno River and was amazed at how calm the water was. This per­mit­ted beau­ti­ful reflec­tions of the col­or­ful build­ings onto the water and I was enthralled. The light­ing of […]

Bachelor Ben Flajnik was giv­en the chance to find his soul mate on this season’s hit romance real­i­ty series The Bachelor. Watch the final episode on the foothill of the Matterhorn and find out if his search to find the right woman to be his wife is suc­cess­ful. The final episode airs Monday, March 12th, […]

I just returned from Carnevale 2012 in Venice and it was fan­tas­tic!  Saint Mark’s Square was a mov­ing and chang­ing the­atri­cal stage with crowds in cos­tume and pro­fes­sion­al pho­tog­ra­phers from all over the world try­ing to cap­ture allur­ing images. The Florian Cafe in the evening seemed tran­spired in time as the ele­gant­ly dressed peo­ple in […]

Switzerland is enjoy­ing a great sea­son for ski­ing. Some friends in Zermatt have told me that recent­ly the snow lev­els are high, the winds are favor­able and the ski­ing is fan­tas­tic! Take a look at our Ski Zermatt tour for one of the best trav­el val­ues this month.

Austria and the world are cel­e­brat­ing the 150th birth­day of Gustav Klimt in 2012. Vienna will be the focus of spe­cial art exhi­bi­tions of the artists’ works through­out the year at the Belvedere Palace, Museum of Fine Arts, Wien Museum, Albertina, Leopold Museum, Austrian Theatre Museum, Klimt vil­la and more.