Amsterdam, and indeed all of the Netherlands, is defined by its relationship to water. Chock full of canals, Amsterdam is in many ways a...

Just like my home in the Pacific Ocean, the Azores are also a volcanically active island chain, this time situated in the Atlantic Ocean,...

The Coromandel peninsula on New Zealand's North Island stands out to me as one of the most beautiful places I've ever visited, with its...

Northern France is a charming place, full of good food, good wine, and good fun (and great people!). While there may be more dramatic...

Growing up at the Jersey Shore, New York City meant one thing and one thing only: the mean streets of Manhattan. Even when I lived in New...

One of my favorite methods of traveling is seeing a place as independently as possible, to chart my own way and get slightly off the...

Some cities are not meant to be seen by cruise ship. Sure, some could argue that Helsinki has just enough to do that a cruise ship visit...

There are certain places on earth where the art of the stroll is not only celebrated, but a quintessential facet of life. And in Paris,...

One of my goals when visiting Belgium in 2014 was to see some of the quaint little villages that speckled the countryside. Namur, located...

Ahh, Sintra, we hardly knew ye. And what a shame, too, for what we saw convinced me that we will, at some point in the future, be back....