Everett Potter's Travel Report

  By Everett Potter Even among Swiss ski towns, Gstaad gives fresh meaning to the term “rarefied.” Located in the Saanenland of southwestern Switzerland (famed for its ceremony crowning the… Continue reading »

By Richard West Celebrity alert!  Waiting to board my never-late SAS flight to Stockholm, I glanced right and noticed a familiar-looking rather handsome plumber. No,  it was Michael Nyqvist, currently… Continue reading »

  By Bobbie Leigh Berlin reinvents itself faster than any other city in Europe. Since the Wall fell 22 years ago,  Berlin’s rate of change has been  verging on frantic. … Continue reading »

By Marc Kristal British double agent Guy Burgess passed government secrets to Russian spies in the bar. MPs arrived in the lobby via a secret tunnel connected directly to Parliament… Continue reading »

  By Mary Alice Kellogg It’s no secret that Port is Portugal’s most delish export, but a visit to the Douro Valley, from whence all port and wine blessings originate,… Continue reading »

  By Bobbie Leigh The biggest thing that happened to the Piedmont region in Northwestern Italy since Hannibal crossed the Alps in 218 BC was the 2006 Winter Olympic Games… Continue reading »

By Mary Alice Kellogg It’s difficult to fall in love with a city at first sight, but Oporto was an exception for me. A UNESCO Heritage site, it is one… Continue reading »

  Story and photos by Julie Maris/Semel The music of cowbells, the sweet smells of mountain grass, the gentle breezes, and the crystalline vistas of spiky peaks overwhelmed my senses…. Continue reading »

  By Mary Alice Kellogg Portugal is a country that enjoys its traditions without being chained to them, reveres its history, lives fully in the present with an enviable lifestyle… Continue reading »

  By Ian Keown That first sight of the Royal Scotsman’s burnished mahogany and burled walnuts, its marquetry panels and etched glass thistles instantly downloads memories of Hercules Poirot or… Continue reading »