Sometimes, you just need to unwind. So you pluck a few days from your calendar, drain them of appointments, and assign them to a holiday in the restorative southern sun….

Tokyo, the world’s largest and maybe best city, is hosting the Olympics next summer. In the heavy heat of July and August 2020, the Japanese capital and its humming subway…

In Prague, you hear it a lot: the beer is cheaper than the water. The many-spired capital of the Czech Republic is still proudly the world leader in beer consumption…

As any mendocino will tell you in words and wild hand gestures, quality is not something that can be rushed. In the cradle of the crackling Andes, where the air…

Tonight, about two hours south of London in Crawley, England (~15 minutes from Gatwick airport), the wait ended: Virgin Atlantic flung open its doors and unveiled the reimagined in-flight experience…

Barbados—the Caribbean’s easternmost island—is a land of rum and restoration. It is a holiday destination shaped in the British image, with afternoon tea and dry humor and left-lane driving, just…

Nearly three decades ago, as a speechless baby, I was couriered by CAT ferry from Bar Harbor (Maine) to Nova Scotia. I cried from beginning to end. Among the things I did not…

In March of this year, I dropped into Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture on a swing through the larger Chubu region. I took an ice cream for a stroll through the pooled peace…

For about 25,000 people, the city of Newport, Rhode Island, is home. To the rest, it’s a summer hideaway, a sun-opened enclave of salty Atlantic surf, fresh shellfish and marbled…

At the close of last year, I arrived at Cairo International (CAI) for the second time in my life. Into the dusty sunshine I walked, a six-foot American male on…

On the dizzying list of Japanese islands—of which there are more than 6,000—four names stand out: Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu. These four are the load-bearers of Japan, the largest chunks…

I have heard it said many times that certain far-away destinations—like Japan—are not worth visiting from America without ample time. Two weeks, people say—that would be enough. Any less, and…

For whatever reason, you have one day in Tokyo. What do you do? At its most guttural, my advice is to plant yourself in an area of commercial density (like…

Can you remember the best breaths of air of your life? Maybe not. The intake of oxygen is typically the business of the subconscious, forgotten until the participating machinery is…

In the late evening of August 17, I walked across a draw bridge into Dubrovnik’s Old Town with my girlfriend and four bags. The sun shone brilliantly upon us. A…