The Call of War...
Since the days of my youth, growing up in Belgium, I have been fascinated with war... We had a German bunker in our neighborhood that we...
Homeward Bound
Writing this note from a little mattress with a Cinderella fitted sheet, on the floor of the daughter's bedroom of a dear friend of...
How to Travel - A Simple Set of Rules
Between growing up in abroad and having been living in, traveling, and running tours in Europe for the past 7 years, I thought I would do...
The Theology of Bombing...
I got a text message this morning from a friend of mine on the heels of the Brussels attack. No Europe for me... This crap is going to...
To Lee, or Not To Lee...
A Letter to the Members of Save our Circle - and Americans at Large: My father was a giant Robert E. Lee fan. He nearly named my brother...
Dead Men Walking
When you stay in a foreign place, no matter how amazing, unique, and charming it is, you can become adjusted and lose a bit of that...
Speaking in Tongues... Reflections in Budapest
Laying in bed, in a trippy little design hotel located right on the banks of the Danube River, waiting for my cell phone to charge up a...
Winter Holiday Tour 2015
For the third year in a row, we're running a tour to our favorite location in the world for the Christmas season... Since a lot of our...
Walking in a Winter Wonderland...
Your fearless tour expert here with some sage advice for the upcoming holidays and winter travel season: If you're planning on doing a...
Travel in the Time of Hysteria...
Never have I seen such a fascination with and fear of Europe as I have noticed in the past few years. With the Charlie Hebdo attack and...
