Christmas traditions in France, no surprise, revolves around food from Buche de Noel to Calvados punch with six-hour monumental meals. I...

Venice is one of a kind in many ways. I can never turn down a reason to go. It is sexy during Carnival with all the costumes and masks,...

After a week in Venice, I needed a break from the hordes of November tourists clogging the streets. As I have done in the past, I slipped...