Everyone who knows me knows my particular fondness for Guinness. While this love affair started somewhere in a dark Irish pub with a sip of that velvety stout, it has since grown into full…

One of the reasons I love travelling to Europe so much is how easy it is to change scenery and find yourself in another world after only a brief commute. Case in point, less…

St Gallen is eastern Switzerland’s main town and a major cultural center for the region. Its location makes it an ideal pied-a-terre to explore the nearby Bodensee (Lake Constance) or the rolling hills of…

Switzerland’s wealthiest city is often just a stopover en route to the mountains, lakes, and villages that make up this stunning part of Europe. I admit that I was also on my way to…

Ah, sweet yellow corn season…! I can’t drive more than 10 minutes from  my house without passing a farm stand overflowing with the best of fresh summer corn. At this time of year there…