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juli 14, 2026

A good deal of Portugal’s historic wealth for centuries has come from their fishing, preserving and exporting seafood. Indeed, Portugal…

The founder of continental Europe’s most western vineyard, Casal Sta. Maria ”Baron Bodo von Bruemmer” was not only a bon vivant, he was a long vivant.…

I have always felt that if I had to travel back in time, I for sure would want to stick…

The most traditional of Portuguese desserts have a convent or monastic origin. One of the most copied and storied of…

I’m the only one in my family who hasn’t been to France. My parents, siblings, aunts, cousins, their kids .…

A great mixologist keeps all of your senses engaged and enthralled, while the trendy ones seem like they raided a…
Maybe because of our woeful educational system, not many Americans know that Portugal was a hotbed of spies during WWII.…

There’s a restaurant right on the Atlantic Ocean that’s been beloved by generations of Portuguese families for 30 years: Cascais’ Panorama…

A quick perusal of eBay will show you how beloved First/Business Class amenity kits are, even ones decades old. It…

The mysteriousness of Sintra, Portugal even extended to my lunch at the Penha Longa Resort’s Arola, owned by the Ritz-Carlton. I…

Cascais, Portugal has been a hideaway for well-heeled — and often royal — types for decades. However, it’s not a…

On the Delaware River, right near where George Washington made his battle changing crossing, there are two little towns with very different…

I’ve inherited my dad’s resistance to paying tolls. During the holiday weekend, I went on a Thelma & Louise style…
Though one day I hope to travel Amtrak’s First Class and sleeper cars, I recently traveled on its business class and thoroughly enjoyed the…

I learned to drive late in life, mostly to fulfill a promise to my dad on his deathbed. There was…
I first discovered the Ellis Faas makeup line in the duty-free catalog of KLM airlines while flying home from Amsterdam. I noticed…

All over the historic town of Wroclaw, Poland are works of art, statues and sculptures. When you think of the…
A brief history of Wroclaw, Poland: You may as well pronounce it «, because it is and because Vratislav founded…

After a lengthy transatlantic flight ”but before check-in” I’ve always advocated heading to the hotel spa for whatever treatments are…