By Richard Frisbie When touring the Champagne region north of Paris recently, many of the best establishments I frequented offered me champagne. Imagine if Heaven followed this tradition, you can be sure St. Peter would greet new arrivals with a glass of Taittinger champagne! Taittinger Champagne There are two cellars for the prestigious firm of…
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…
Chamonix and the French Alps: GoNOMAD Senior Travel Editor Kent St. John reports on spring skiing in the French Alps at Val d’Isere and Chamonix.
GoNomad Book Excerpt: Life-Changing Travel Adventures Volunteer vacations, a popular trend in travel, can be a cost-effective and rewarding way to see the world. They allow travelers to engage with the people, and experience the culture of a destination, in a way that would be otherwise impossible. Suzanne Stone and Pam Jones’s book, Volunteering Around…
“That easygoing Italian way of life that visitors find so alluring and desirable, la dolce vita, is indisputably linked to the Italians’ instinctive knowledge of how to drink and eat well.” By Stephen Hartshorne Tuscany is a great place to learn the art of cooking. People visit Tuscany for many different reasons. Some like the…
Tours, France | GoNOMAD Editor Max Hartshorne rents an apartment in Tours, France and enjoys shopping and cooking like a local.
GoNOMAD Editor Max Hartshorne visits Quebec City during their celebration of their Winter Carnaval, with parades in the snow and honking horns.
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…
Himachal Pradesh India: Mridula Dwivedi takes a high-altitude trek through Himachal Pradesh, India, and Demul Spiti, India homestay
Amazing Azores Adventures: Floating Rocks and Volcanic Cooking by Wendy Hammerle Trying to ignore the smell of sulfur, we watched as two burly guys hauled the heavy pot out of the steamy hole in the ground. That was our lunch in there. Beef, pork, chicken, carrots, potatoes, cabbage and sausage, steamed for five hours in…
By Laurie Ellis When most people consider traveling to Italy, they think of Florence, V, nice and Rome. But if you’re interested in an alternate Italian experience, with great food and wine but without the crowds, look into Torino (Turin) and the Piedmont region. Sure, I had heard of Turin – as in “ Shroud…
Bologna, Italy: Conversations and Blogs By Max Hartshorne GoNOMAD Editor The following passages appeared in Readuponit, Max’s blog about travel, conversations and interesting people. The articles below were published in June 2007 after a visit to Bologna, Modena and Ravenna Italy to visit art, architecture and culinary sites in the region. Bologna: Bustling at 12:30…
