Switzerland offers a remarkable way to sightsee your day through the beautiful terrain: the Glacier Express. No car needed. Just a slow moving, winding train that is Switzerland’s greatest ad for Narnia. The Glacier Express is a regular scheduled year-round train service between Zermatt at the foot of the Matterhorn and St. Moritz in the […]
Let’s face it – it’s a strange place. Encircled by beautiful mountains, Switzerland is famous for its scenery, cheese, watches, chocolate, skiing, drugs, and corruption…oops, I mean banking. A small bottle of water costs $5, a sandwich is $15-$20, and they think that they are doing you a favor! It has a slightly dubious history. […]
What a pleasant surprise to discover that just 45 minutes south of Puerto Vallarta is a cool, laidback, surfer’s town called Sayulita. Famous for its beach break, Sayulita has a guaranteed supply of mixed level waves, perfect for the amateur and pro together. It feels that Puerto Vallarta has been attacked by the overdevelopment syndrome, […]
Mexico Distrito Federal (D.F.) is the real deal. It’s a huge city; almost something like the sprawl of São Paulo in Brazil but actually totally cool and groovy. Yes, there are a few sketchy spots and it is probably not a great idea to grab a taxi from the street, but if you follow some […]
Great news for Bostonians. AeroMexico has begun a nonstop flight to Mexico City four times per week. With departures at a very civilized hour, New Englanders can escape the frigid temperatures and within six hours are in Mexico’s capital. Formerly known solely as Distrito Federal (Mexico D.F.), the entire sprawl including the D.F. is officially […]
I had an amazing couple of days at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Convention in Baltimore. Baltimore is like soccer in America – it is in transition and it’s heading the right way. A few shady spots here and there, but new waterfront development and a strong convention center are rebuilding the […]
We got into Barcelona on the Friday along with the commuter traffic but it really was a pretty smooth journey in. There is only one thing to look for when you come in from the airport and that is the Sagrada Familia – now in its 134th year of restoration and due to finish in […]
A too tight connection at JFK gave me the opportunity to change up my itinerary, grab a cab to Baltimore Grand Central Station, and take the Acela to Penn Station in New York. I have to say, when you have the opportunity to ride on the train, it is just so much more civilized than […]
When you travel anywhere in January, especially in Europe, there is a good chance if you are an American and love American football, there is a major game going on. As it happened, I was in Barcelona when the Patriots were playing Kansas City so of course my first inquiry on my smart phone was […]
I like shopping and I actually prefer going to shops rather than surfing online. As I get to travel, I am probably spoiled for choice. One of my favorite shops is Paul Smith in London. I started going to Paul Smith in the late 1970’s. I loved the shirts and shoes from the very beginning. […]
Oysters are amazing and I love them. I even know how to shuck them pretty fast – something that I picked up from a mate of mine that works at Legal Seafood in Boston. When I travel to London, I love the rock oysters. They are not farmed, they are briny, super delicious, and quite […]
London weather is a strange phenomenon. As blue as the sky is at any moment in time, there always is at least a 50% chance that the weather will turn for the worse. Furthermore, it will almost certainly end up as rain! Then it stops and starts and rains some more. In England it rains […]
Every time that I go to London, I try to see a play. Last time I was there, I went to The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the indoor Globe theatre. I saw Shakespeare’s Cymbeline . It is still playing actually. At the Wanamaker, there is no electrical lighting inside of the theatre and only candles and […]
The funny thing about the holidays in the USA is that everything seems to begin around Veteran’s Day. The Christmas music starts to rear its ugly head and while decorations do not go full-in until the week around Thanksgiving, there is that sense of a relentless march towards the big day. It is the holiday […]