Seeing India in style on the Deccan Odyssey

My husband and I have been back from India just a couple of weeks, and we are still talking about our many experiences in...
Genus Bonanaie

Genius! Bologna’s Genus Bononiae

In a city known for magnificent architecture, Bologna’s Genus Bononiae: Museums in the City takes renovation and re-purposing of historic buildings for public use...
Under an arched canopy, Ferrari and Maserati racing cars on display

The Enzo Ferrari Museum in Modena, Italy

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In March 2012, a new museum arrived on the Modena scene: the Museo Enzo Ferrari (MEF), dedicated to Ferrari’s life and artistic legacy. Its...
Ancient designs in the National Historical Museum, Bishkek

Through the lens: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Ancient designs in the National Historical Museum, Bishkek Did ancient acrobats inspire modern-day festivities? Bishkek came as a surprise to me. After several weeks traveling the...
Rooftop chimneys, Casa Milà, Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona’s curvaceous Casa Milà turns 100

One hundred years ago this week, the doors of Casa Milà, one of Antoni Gaudí's most audacious works, opened on Passeig de Gràcia in...
"Eye" stele, from Petra

Rediscovering Petra

A new exhibition is on at Basel’s AntikenMuseum—Petra.  Miracle in the Desert. In the footsteps of J L Burckhardt, alias Sheikh Ibrahim. It celebrates...

Pop Art and Design—together at last

In a city that cloaks itself in art, we are spoiled for choice. Our options do not stop at Basel's borders, either. Last Friday...
Girona's Barri Vell from the Eiffel Bridge

Through the lens: Girona, Spain

Cozy Girona comes as a sweet surprise after Big-and-Bold Barcelona. It boasts four rivers, and an Eiffel bridge over the Onyar. It has a...
Mediterranean blue

Sant Feliu de Guíxols – new Costa Brava art destination?

Mediterranean Blue is the signature color of Spain’s Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza. The color also provides a dramatic entrance to the first exhibition for Espai...
Dahlia, Mainau Island

Mainau Island celebrates summer’s end

Mainau Island, on Germany’s Bodensee (Lake Constance to the rest of us) presents extravagant plantings of tulips in spring, roses in early summer, and...
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