Everett Potter's Travel Report

THE BACKSTORY: Start with a storybook setting. The Grand Hotel du Lac is an 1868 hotel set along the shores of Lake Geneva in the quiet Swiss city of Vevey…. Continue reading »

I first muddied my hiking boots with The Wayfarers in the early 90′s, when they led me on a week-long walk through the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire. A… Continue reading »

by Tom Passavant Hawaii may be one of the United States, but unless you’ve got your own sailboat, getting there involves a flight of 2,500 miles from the West Coast,… Continue reading »

What are the basic requirements for a good, affordable hotel room? "A clean, well-lit place," to paraphrase Ernest Hemingway. But if the novelist were traveling to Miami or Chicago today,… Continue reading »

   "Who is Sylvia? What is she, that all our swains commend her…" Substitute Sylvia for Antea and you have some idea of the love affair between viewers and the… Continue reading »

If the strong Euro means that you can’t make it to Paris for dinner or Lyon for lunch in the foreseeable future, then consider a copy of Anne Willan’s new… Continue reading »

With spring break looming, ski rental shops are poised to do box office business. Because it’s easier to rent than schlep your skis through the airport, of course. But for… Continue reading »