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“Wow, it’s like something out of Hansel and Gretel!” exclaims the young girl beside me as she looks around taking in cobbled streets, fairytale clocks and a multitude of colorful arcades that are bursting with shoppers, diners and those, like me, just out to sightsee. ...

Roads, tunnels and viewpoints On our trip to mountainous Madeira, because almost all roads were hairpin switchbacks, my husband opted out of driving and we took a couple of coach tours. We learnt plenty from the guides, although they didn’t always agree. For example, Philip told us...

One of my heroes is Prince Eugene of Savoy. I admire him because he refused to take no for an answer. When Louis XIV of France refused to give him command of a regiment because Eugene was too short, the prince packed his rucksack and made for the Viennese court. There Emperor Leopold I...

  “Where there is wine, there is joie de vivre,” says Alsatian vintner Jean Sipp.  “Wine generates happiness and conviviality. It reduces stress.” Sipp, a jovial type with a ready smile, seems to embody that spirit.  He has inherited family vineyards...

There are 365-days in a year, and it’s been said that Belgium has a beer suitable for each day.  Others claim the number and varieties of beer hover between 450 and a thousand.  Beers from all over this constitutional kingdom have their own taste, aroma and character: dark,...