Europe

I’d gotten tired of hearing about the purple pasta cooked in red wine– my friend Amy just couldn’t shut up about how good it was. Amy had sampled this dish …

It’s pretty much undisputed that Milan is a shopper’s paradise, heaving with designer fashions, but I wondered whether Milan is also a souvenir shopper’s paradise. While I knew the fashion …

I have a fascination with border towns– those places that effortlessly hug two cultures and somehow combine the best of both worlds. The Northern Italy region of Lombardy is already …

From my home city of New York, direct flights to Milan are cheap and plentiful. But while I love exploring European cities, what really gets me to book that flight …

Geiranger is barely a blip of a village in Norway’s Western fjord region, accessible only via ferry or a switchback-laden mountain road. As home to some of the most stunning …

On a chilly, overcast morning, I’m sinking into warm geothermal waters. My body has gone limp, suspended on a floating foam mat, the hands of skilled masseuse kneading away my …