If you didn’t know where to find the entrance to the Salina Turda Salt Mine, you’d likely drive right past it. Capped above ground by a modern glass and steel dome next to a huge parking area, surrounded by small...
The village of Sighișoara (See gee shwahr ah) in Transylvania, Romania is possibly most well-known as the birthplace of Vlad Dracula, but this charming town is so much more! Originally a Roman fort, the town was colonized by settlers of...
From the land of Swiss cows to the land of Spanish puerco, we arrived in Madrid on the evening of the third day of a two-week road trip from Switzerland. We were meeting up with Alicia, a friend who grew...
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them. Mark Twain...
The little Swiss town of Estavayer-le-Lac has a rather unusual claim to fame. Hidden behind a creaking heavy wooden door at the top of some old stone steps is a unique gem of a museum. This museum, the Musée des grenouilles,...