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FOOD & WINE TRAVEL
Culinary walks with Taste Porto Food Tours
Touring a new city on foot always brings the place into focus, and a good food tour adds an element I especially enjoy. A...
Wild honey of Fez, Morocco
One of my requisite stops upon returning to Fez is “the honey souk”, Fondouk Kaat Smen, set back behind a display of carpets on...
REMEMBERING ITALY
Venice in Basel
Any time of year, I look forward to the newly fresh produce on offer at local markets. I recently learned that all of the...
Milan’s little gem: Chiesa di San Maurizio
Perhaps the biggest discovery of our recent visit to Milan was an exquisitely decorated Renaissance convent in city's historic southwest quarter. The church provides...
CULTURE
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...
Deliciously local in West Lisbon
Lisbon's breadbasket is in its western reaches, in the hills and valleys that cradle the Tagus above the capitol and tumble westward in fertile...
