Don’t have a lot of time to plan a trip to Paris? Use this “cheat sheet,” which includes a mix of shopping, museums, restaurants and bars. It is not easy to pick ten things to eat, drink, and see in my favorite city, and as all cities do, Paris is […]
I’ve stayed in edgy Shoreditch and aristocratic Kensington (I even lived in buzzy Oxford Circus for a semester in college), but the neighborhood I prefer to make home base when I visit these days is Holborn. Smack-dab in the middle of the sprawling metropolis, Holborn is like Midtown Manhattan making […]
A fan of Russian literature and the classic film Dr. Zhivago, Russia is a destination I long dreamed of visiting. That dream came to fruition when I was living in Europe. My mom and I ventured to the country’s second city, Saint Petersburg, one snowy November and the former imperial […]
See the highlights with this manageable tour. By Justin Chiotti A visit to the Louvre is amazing, inspiring and overwhelming. You’ll find yourself breezing past masterpieces on your way to other masterpieces. Don’t worry, it’s natural and unavoidable to feel this way. It would take over two months to see the entire museum […]
I find it very difficult to go to Italy and not go to Rome. I’ve visited at least five times and I’d go again in a heart beat. If you love history like I do then there is hardly a more intriguing place. As I walk through sites like the […]
Nearly 7 million visitors make their way to the handsome city of York in Northern England each year largely due to its architecture. The walled city’s medieval buildings and Georgian townhomes are remarkably well preserved. Home to two universities, The University of York and York St. John University, the city […]