Bill Geist, CBS News correspondent, is rediscovering America. Geist’s explores the vanishing rural world one small town at a time. Traveling off and on for 20 years, he encounters a unique range of eccentric individuals who seem to live slower and escape the celebrity fast lane ambitions. This book is full of quirky stories that…
By Dale Fehringer If you could, would you be 28 years old again? That question, among others, occupied our time while we cycled through Chile’s Lake District in November, 2007. We were on a seven-day guided bicycle tour of southern Chile’s lakes and volcanoes, enjoying a spring-time glimpse of one of the most beautiful places…
Studying Gastronomy in Lyon, France’s Culinary Capital By Jaclyn C. Stevenson It was 8:30 in the morning and I was standing in an overflow of sounds, smells, and sights, flanked by bouquets of daisies on my right and ox tongues on my left. The public market in Lyon, France is a staple of everyday life…
Centre Liore, France Max Hartshorne extols the many cultural, scenic and culinary attractions of the Loire Valley in France, Orleans and Chartres.
Trekking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal By William L. Pohl “And you think that Shangri-La may escape…Perhaps. We may expect no mercy, but we may faintly hope for neglect. …We have a heritage to cherish and bequeath.” – James Hilton, Lost Horizon (1933) When I was seven years old, I read Annapurna, the now-classic book…
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Jon Brandt visits Israel with Taglit-Birthright, visiting Jaffa, Caesarea, Masada, and, of course, Jerusalem, a holy site for Jews, Christians and Moslems.
Seven Million Steps for Peace, Hiking all the way to the Middle East By Brandon Wilson Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace is a non-fiction travelogue written by Brandon Wilson, published in 2008 by Pilgrim’s Tales. It is the true story about Wilson, an American, and “Émile”, a 68-year-old Frenchman, who set…
Bruce Northam takes us on a safari to ‘the earth’s overwhelming polar underside, the almost unspoiled continent of Antarctica.
Berlin Landmarks: Visiting Berlin Cold War sites in former East Berlin, reminders of what life was like when the city was divided by its famous wall.
Darrin DuFord visits Otavalo, Ecuador, exploring the livestock and craft markets, dining on new and different delicacies, and attending a cockfight.
Medellin, Colombia. Max Hartshorne visits Medellin, Colombia and sees a city that has come back from the brink with the civil war over and economy thriving.
