Qianmen is one of the oldest pedestrian streets in the world. I took a nice long walk on it the last time I was in Beijing. It has a lively balance of the old and the new, with plenty of interesting shops to browse, businesses to patronize, historic landmarks, and quaint and fashionable places to eat. The newness is thanks to an upgrade that took place first in the 1960s and then again in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.
I flew from Baltimore last week to Savannah, where I spent a long weekend with K before meeting the kids and grandkids at a resort called the Palmetto Bluffs Montage in South Carolina. This is a family week…
Tallinn – Estonia’s capital – came to prominence in the 13th century as an important trading center for the merchant guilds and market towns in Germany and northern Europe. The city’s Old Town, a UNESCO World…
As I said at the beginning of this issue, we’ve been enjoying a trip through this group of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea for the past week. And there’s so much about them that’s spectacular. Unlike anything…
Haven’t been there yet, but it’s on my bucket list. Izamal, was founded almost 2,000 years ago by the Maya people. Named for Itzam Na, a Maya god of healing and resurrection, it means “dew that falls from the…
K and I have spent several memorable afternoons in Venice at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Less well known than MOMA in New York, the Tate in London, and Centre Pompidou in Paris, it is arguably one of the…
