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Minho “heart and soul” in Ponte de Lima, Portugal
The Lima valley, in Portugal's northern Minho region, with its ancient towns and Romanesque churches, takes a traveler on a meandering route from the...
In Central Asia, sit down to dinner, Uzbek style
In Uzbekistan, my travel companions and I were welcomed to the table three times a day, and very often to a spread of Uzbek...
AT HOME IN PORTUGAL
Portugal’s Port Wine Day, Fourth Edition
Innovative, informative and crowd-pleasing—Port Wine Day celebrates the wine that made Portugal’s Douro Valley famous. The events of Port Wine Day commemorate the day...
Way off the beaten path in Portugal’s Douro Valley
After rinsing our feet in a basin of water, we stepped into the granite lager—Portugal’s traditional venue for treading grapes by foot. For our...
CULTURE
Discovering Nepalese cuisine, one plate at a time
Before I visited Nepal, I was aware of exactly two dishes on a Nepalese menu: dal bhat and momos, and I had no real appreciation...
Prayer flags, prayer wheels & mani stones in Nepal
On my first trip to Nepal many years ago, I was struck by symbols of Buddhism almost everywhere. Following the lead of my Sherpa...
