Travel
Salamanca's Plaza Mayor, Spain's grandest square, seems to celebrate life. Strolling across the square with Carlos, my guide, we passed a young man walking alo…
March 7, 2023Losing her rental car keys was not on Susan Kelly's itinerary when she visited Kauai, Hawaii, recently. But there she was with her husband, rummaging through t…
by Christopher Elliott, The Washington Post March 6, 2023Hiram Whittington was an adventurous soul. Born in Boston in 1805, he came to Arkansas during its Territorial days, first to Little Rock and then to Hot Spring…
by Sonny Rhodes, Special to the Democrat-Gazette March 6, 2023It had been a while since I had a proper haircut when I sat down at an Iowa truck stop barber shop.
by Natalie B. Compton, The Washington Post March 5, 2023During the long decades of racial segregation enforced by law across the South, the main source of higher education for our state's Black citizens was the inst…
by Jack Schnedler February 28, 2023Salzburg is smiling forever to the tunes of Mozart and "The Sound of Music." Thanks to its charming old town, splendid Baroque churches, and one of Europe's la…
by Rick Steves February 28, 2023The title "Mismatch" rings a discordant note for an exhibition by two artists who are husband and wife, as is the case with Eliseo Casiano and Abigail Smithson.
by Jack Schnedler February 21, 2023While Copenhagen is a thriving metropolis, when you venture out into the Danish countryside, you find yourself saying "cute" more than you know you should. Whe…
by Rick Steves February 21, 2023Just about everything is more expensive these days, and air travel is no exception: in fact, the price of a plane ticket is outpacing other cost increases.
by Hannah Lang, The Charlotte Observer (TNS) February 20, 2023If you're stopped before boarding, it can come as a costly surprise: Your "personal item" is too big to take on the plane.
by Christopher Elliott, The Washington Post February 20, 2023It's apt that an art exhibit during Black History Month would include 16 paintings described as "works by four historic African-American painters dating back t…
by Jack Schnedler February 14, 2023About two hours from bustling Milan and touristy Venice is Verona — a welcome sip of pure, easygoing Italy. Made famous by Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, V…
by Rick Steves February 14, 2023Let's call it "Starbucks Syndrome." We're talking about the steaming passion for fancy cups of coffee that wafted eastward from the West Coast to seduce its fi…
by Jack Schnedler February 7, 2023Brussels is a city of 1.2 million, the capital of Belgium, the headquarters of NATO, and the political center of the European Union. It may be easy to skip as …
by Rick Steves February 7, 2023A century after the horrific destruction of a thriving Black neighborhood by white mobs, a cautionary sign greets visitors in the lobby of Tulsa's Greenwood Ri…
by Jack Schnedler February 5, 2023