Tried-and-true tips for when you're traveling abroad.
After having visited seven Central European countries in eight days--by train, taxi, car, and bus--I consider myself somewhat of an expert in the vagaries of the transport systems in these parts. The key is to be flexible.
Read OnTo create our new and expanded World's Best compilation, we called upon our regular correspondents all over the world (more than 200 of them) and asked that they send us their personal world's bests-their picks for the world's best art museum, sunset, surfing, scuba diving, opera house, ski resort, canyon, champagne, castle, nightclub, island, garden, market, train ride, travel bargains, restaurants, cafés, and neighborhoods. To their lists we added our own superlatives-our choices for the biggest, the oldest, the smallest, the cheapest, the grandest, the prettiest, the tallest, the coziest, the most remarkable…and, of course, the world's most beautiful beaches.
Read OnYou can fly first class every time--and pay 80% less than the passenger sitting next to you…
Read OnEvery year, we travel a lot. To places like Argentina, Panama, Thailand, Singapore, Italy, France, and more.
Read OnThis is the seventh Thanksgiving we're celebrating as expats. Nevertheless, each year, we gear up for a U.S.-style celebration…without the U.S.
Read OnThe eight of them jumped overboard at once and began swimming to shore. The rest of us loaded into the dingy and motored past. Just before the water's edge, I helped Jack, 5, out of the little boat, and he and I waded to the beach. He began picking up stones and shells, and I turned to face the sea.
Read OnEating out is about more than simply enjoying your favorite foods, particularly when you're exploring some new corner of the world. At times like these, you want to find the quirky local haunt, the underground hot-spot…or perhaps you just need to know where to find a comforting cup of hot chocolate, an uplifting slice of pie, and wireless Internet access.
Read OnI'm never home at Christmas (such is the life of a travel writer), yet I've managed to acquire tree trimmings from almost every destination I've visited: a mouse, an owl, and a hedgehog cleverly made from bunches of painted twigs…an embroidered petit-point moon and sun…a traditional snow-storm with an untraditional red-and-white spotted toadstool…beadwork stars…an emerald-robed Old Man Winter…some tiny sheep made of soap…
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