I'm ready for a little liquid refreshment, a bit of Dublin's Black Brew. Every trip to Ireland should include at least one visit to a pub, preferably, many visits to pubs. This is where you'll find th...
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There has been a settlement here since about 500 B.C., but Rothenburg didn't really come into its own until the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf the First, chartered it as a free imperial city in 1274. Rothe...
Galway has been dub bed the Gateway to the West. For hundreds of years, this was a modest fishing village, then in the 13th century, the English wised up to the area's strategic spot on the water. 14...
The Villa is one of the few places on the Riviera where you can tour a grand Belle Epoque mansion. It was built for the Baroness Ephrussi de Rothschild in the early 1900s. She supervised and directed...
As you leave the castle area, you can stroll through the Malá Strana or Lesser Quarter tuck ed at the foot of the hill. The neighborhood, one of the best preserved in the city, prospered when upper-c...
Goods flowed down this riverway from France and Switzerland on their way to the sea for transshipment all over Europe. Nobles along the way collected tolls, but big profits could still be made by whol...
In 1976, two local art collectors donated their outstanding collection of modern art to the town of Troyes. The works of the artists known as "the Fauve" or "Wild Beasts" leap from the walls with thei...
North of the Arena , the old town streets lead inevitably to the Piazza delle Erbe. Once the site of a Roman Forum, the Piazza is still the city’s hub , a marketplace, gathering place and shopping m...
Windsor castle, of all Britain's royal palaces, none is older, larger or more loved. This magnificent thousand-year-old fortress is no museum -- it's a vast, living castle. Home to the Queen since chi...
In January,1559, Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England. She was the last of the Great Tudor dynasty, a bright star who dazzled both the nation and the world. The achievement of most stars fades qui...
(Vienna 1785) My son was hail ed by all of Vienna not only as a great pianist, but as one of the greatest and most controversial composers of his time. But I saw it first. I nurtured that talent in hi...
Good evening, I don't know if it made the stir outside the United States that it'd made here, but last Monday night, the big headline in the evening papers and on the telly was one that the poor fello...
Like all stories from history, this is a search for ghosts -- a quest for the people who made us what we are, and for one man in particular. William Shakespeare is the most famous writer of all time,...
The ancient landscape of Ireland is steeped in myths and legends. Some go back 3000 years into the mystery of its Bronze Age people. They left behind hoards of extraordinary work in gold. But nobody k...
