Europe

Lake Garda: Il Dolce Far Niente

In America, one must be something, but in Italy one can simply bePietros Maneos Lake Garda lies in northern Italy between Venice and Milan. After eight days of travel through France and Switzerland...

Chur: Christmas in the Swiss Alps

As we left our home and walked past Lancaster Castle dragging our luggage over the cobblestone streets, my heart was racing as I thought about the journey ahead of us.  We had a two-week railway...

Strasbourg: The Capital of Christmas

Strasbourg is a unique city in the northeast corner of France, just a mere 4km from the German border, in a region known as Alsace. Historically a German-speaking country, the city has flip-flopped...