Europe – Page 11 – Food is Travel

Hotels, Bed and Breakfasts and Airbnb in Europe

Quiet, clean, safe, well-located and a good value. These are some of my top criteria when choosing a place to stay while traveling. On a recent trip I booked a variety [...]

Tasty budget eats in Europe

Traveling can be expensive, and for Americans visiting Europe our dollar doesn’t go as far as it used to, with the current exchange rates being what they are. But [...]

Artifacts from Cologne’s Roman past

Founded by the Romans in 50 AD, Cologne is one of Germany’s oldest major cities. It was here at Colonia Agrippina that the Romans established a key [...]

Wine week in Cologne

It was late afternoon, and I had just spent the day walking in Cologne’s Altstadt, taking photos and doing a little window shopping. But now my feet were tired [...]

Taking it slow in Cochem

There’s a German word, Gemütlichkeit, which describes a feeling of relaxation, coziness and being at ease. Gemütlichkeit, along with the word langsam – [...]

Ride the Rails in Europe

A great trip requires good planning, especially if you are only going to have a couple of weeks to enjoy your trip to Europe. Luckily, the rail system for much of the [...]

High above the Rhine in Koblenz

In Koblenz, Germany, the mighty Rhine meets the gentle Moselle at a busy corner called the Deutches Ecke. Here a tree-lined promenade opens up to a large plaza, [...]

Mundaka, Spain

Possibly one of the smallest hotel rooms I’ve stayed in, but it did not matter one iota. Why not? Well, just take a look at the view from our room at the Hotel El [...]

Kevin Dundon’s Modern Irish Food

I love watching International cooking shows, and I recently discovered a great new program about Irish cooking, starring Kevin Dundon on our local CreateTV channel. Kevin [...]

Historic Mustard in the Moselle Valley

While wandering the cobblestone streets of Cochem, Germany recently I found a historic mustard mill that has been in service since 1810 – the Wolfgang Steffens [...]