by Scott W. Clemens | Nov 11, 2010 | Travel, Travel blog
Text and photos ©2009 When my great-grandparents, Sarah Sims and Ebenezer Beynon, emigrated from Wales in 1869, they brought with them an engraving of their hometown of Merthyr Tydvil (Tydfil in Welsh), that has hung on our walls since before I was born. It’s an...
by Lucy Gordan | Sep 13, 2010 | Travel, Travel blog
©2010 Think Germany and certainly one of the first images that comes to mind is a stein overflowing with a frothy beer. Few countries, maybe only Belgium, can come near to matching Germany for the quality and variety of its beer. Over 1,270 breweries nationwide...
by Lucy Gordan | Sep 11, 2010 | Travel, Travel blog
MUNICH’S BEST HOSTS The Geisel brothers text ©2010 Geisel Privathotels is a Munich-based private hotel and gastronomy group founded in 1900 by Anna and Karl Geisel, the great-grandparents of the present owners, Carl, Michael and Stephan Geisel. Today it...
by Scott W. Clemens | Nov 7, 2008 | Travel, Travel blog
text and photos © 2008 You’ll hear a lot about Cajun and Creole culture in Louisiana. They’re proud of their traditions and unique character, but for an outsider it’s hard to get a grasp on who and what is one or the other. Creole refers to any descendant of those...
by Lucy Gordan | Sep 11, 2008 | Travel, Travel blog
I first read about Yotvata in Rome’s newspaper Il Messaggero on September 29, 2006, in anarticle called “Un ristorante, tante religioni: La pace si fa a tavola?” meaning “One restaurant, many religions: Peace is made at the table?” In...
by Scott W. Clemens | Jan 5, 2008 | Travel, Travel blog
Part Two: Palawan Text and photos © Scott W Clemens I have to admit when I received an offer to visit Palawan I had to get out a map. Even when I found out where it was, I expected to find a bustling island with strong Asian influence (afterall, it lies across...
by Jonathan Clemens | Jan 5, 2008 | Travel, Travel blog
Being the diary of New Year’s in New Orleans or the advertures of a budding Epicurean on a budget Text © 2008 photos © 2008 Scott W Clemens December 28th, 2007 Our college football team had been invited to play at the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day in New...
by Scott W. Clemens | Jan 5, 2008 | Travel, Travel blog
Part One: Day Trips from Manila text and photos © Scott W Clemens Unique and whimsical Jeepneys are ubiquitous in Manila , providing cheap transportation to the masses. A country’s cuisine reflects the various influences that have passed through its borders, and is as...
by Lucy Gordan | Apr 18, 2007 | Travel, Travel blog
Rome/Vatican City, Easter Sunday 2007. It takes only about 45 minutes to make a complete trek around walls of Vatican City, the world’s smallest independent country of 44 hectares, or 108.7 acres. There’s a lot more to explore here than St. Peter’s,...
by Lucy Gordan | Mar 9, 2007 | Travel, Travel blog
Like the hotel she owns and runs meticulously with her children Alexandra and Georg, Elisabeth Gürtler is super-Viennese and glamorous. Immediately after my return from the Sacher bakery, this petite, charismatic workaholic with sparkling periwinkle eyes and a...
by Scott W. Clemens | Oct 1, 2004 | Travel, Travel blog
I considered myself well traveled, and certainly I’ve seen much more of the world than anyone else in my family. But to be truthful, I’d always played it safe. Having had a smattering of romance languages in school, I focused on North and South America,...
