Travel

A fundamental part of enjoying travel in Europe is finding places that I call “back doors.” When I first started traveling, back doors to me were Europe's undiscovered corners and untrampled towns that had, for various reasons, missed the modern parade (like Dingle, on Ireland's western edge, or Portugal's Salema, [...]

Typically, you can find it in the local grocery store. It's where people “talk story,” and where the stock includes bait, school supplies and, on the counter, fresh-made Spam musubi or butter mochi with a [...]

You may have your charging cables all packed nicely into a case for travel, but what happens when you're somewhere without reliable electricity, or even out camping? When you can't lean on electrical juice, it's time to consider our brightest star for energy (especially with no pesky total eclipses for [...]

British royalty has been calling Windsor Castle home since the days of William the Conqueror — almost a thousand years ago — and it's still a favored castle of the current Queen Elizabeth. While commoners can't stay at her digs, the town that lies just outside its walls does make [...]