The Best Time to Visit. The Best Way to Live it. Europe Season by Season.
The bucket-list moments and the quiet local rhythms, from almond blossom and tulips to Oktoberfest and Christmas markets, mapped across the year by someone who actually lives here. So you arrive just in time.
Self-Pick Flower Fields in Germany: How to Find Them and What to Expect
Last weekend I was driving a back road near home when a block of color pulled my eyes off the pavement. Rows of flowers, a hand-painted Blumen sign, a little…
Saying Goodbye to Winter: Spring Traditions Across Germany and Beyond
From bonfires and torch hikes to egg markets and the first blossoms, the loveliest ways Europe turns the season
There is a particular evening in early spring when you can…
Poppy Season in Europe: Where the Fields Are and How to Visit Them
Where the poppies bloom across Europe for remembrance, resilience, and one short, loud window of color.
QUICK ANSWER Poppies put on one of Europe’s loudest color shows. The poppy blooms…
Endless Days, Unforgettable Adventures
’Speyerer Brezelfest’: Your Guide to Southwest Germany’s Big July Fest in the Upper Rhine
’Speyerer Brezelfest’: Your Guide to Southwest Germany's Big July Fest in the Upper Rhine
If you have just landed in Southwest Germany and you want a day trip that feels…
Speyer Brezelfest: Your Guide to Southwest Germany’s Big July Fest in the Upper Rhine
If you have just landed in Southwest Germany and you want a day trip that feels like the real thing, put Speyer Brezelfest on your summer bucket list. It is…
Southwest Germany Christmas Market Day Trips: The Markets Worth the Drive
Choosing favorites is never easy, but these are the markets I recommend again and again to friends in the Kaiserslautern and Wiesbaden areas, all doable as a day trip. All…
Europe at Christmas: The Best Christmas Markets in Northern Italy
Five favorites from Verona to South Tyrol (Südtirol) and the Dolomites, where the season runs into January
Every year, as the holidays start to circle around, we escape to the…
How I Rank Christmas Markets
After enough of them, a lot of Christmas markets start to blur into the same rows of stalls. The ones that do not are the ones I go back to,…
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