There you are: jet-lagged and in a park near your hotel, before dawn, binoculars in hand. It’s the beginning of your European vacation and your family is still passed out upstairs. How nice of you to let them sleep. As the morning begins to brighten in Paris (or maybe London, or Berlin) an unfamiliar dawn […]
“There isn’t much up there.” Such was the way an affable, older British gentleman concluded our conversation after I’d interrupted his Sunday morning stroll to ask for directions. He pointed me to an alternate route—“just in front of that white cottage”—that would take me off the main road, a popular path with the Sunday strollers. […]
With the entire world descending on a city for two weeks, it’s easy to make excuses to not attend the Olympics: snarled traffic, inflated hotel prices, crowds… If you find yourself with the opportunity to make a last minute decision, here’s what you can do. Step 1 – Try to find alternative accommodations. Assuming […]