Category: Europe

Milan

The Trip: When you think of Italian cities to visit you probably think of Rome, Venice and Florence. Milan does not come to mind for most tourists.

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Quiet Dorsoduro Neighborhood

Easy Dorsoduro

No Crowds: During normal times, without Covid, Venice is awash with tourists. So many in fact, visitors are deterred from visiting or returning to the

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Gondolas at rest

Venice for Day-Trippers

Is Venice for Day-Trippers? About 19 million Day-Trippers each year visit Venice Italy for only one day. Can you imagine an additional 52,000 people in your home town each and

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The Orient Express is snowbound

Venice-Simplon Orient Express

Bond, James Bond Who hasn’t heard of the Orient Express Train? Agatha Christie wrote the book in the 1930’s. Three movies were released based on the book The latest movie

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Milan

The Trip: When you think of Italian cities to visit you probably think of Rome, Venice and Florence. Milan does not come to mind for most tourists. Milan is off the beaten

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Lucerne Switzerland

Milan to Lucerne: Switzerland seems to be a favorite destination for nearly everyone we meet. We had also heard comments about the high cost of everything and the bland food.

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Quiet Dorsoduro Neighborhood

Easy Dorsoduro

No Crowds: During normal times, without Covid, Venice is awash with tourists. So many in fact, visitors are deterred from visiting or returning to the City. Avoid the crowds by

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Love Museum

Paris on Two Wheels

Two wheels could be a bicycle, a motor scooter or even a Segway. I think it is fair to say, most visitors don’t think of two wheels when they sightsee

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