Pforzheim
Destroyed by Allied bombing, Pforzheim started anew as the remains of the city’s former self silently keep watch.
By James Ullrich
Nestled in a ... Read More...
The Lure of the North Sea at St. Peter-Ording
Settle into a Strandkorb, take in the salt air and enjoy beach life along the coast of the North Sea.
By Leah Larkin
Rain pelted down ... Read More...
Traveling With No Itinerary
By Bob Bestor
Group travel via bus, rail or ship/boat, in which decisions regarding accommodations, transport, sightseeing—and sometimes even suste... Read More...
Germanic Food Gets Little Respect
By Bob Bestor
Unlike the cuisines of Italy and France, there isn’t much of a following for Germanic cooking among the ever-increasing legion of Nor... Read More...
My Berlin
By Bob Bestor • Photographs Courtesy Bob Bestor
Germans we met on our trips to Europe in the late 1970s all seemed to ask if we had “seen Berlin.” ... Read More...
Volkswagen Factory Delivery — 1979
As Saturday Night Live’s Roseanne Roseannadanna so often reminded, “It’s always something. If it ain’t one thing, it’s another.”
In 1979 it was Kho... Read More...
Medical Adventures in Europe and Asia
In 28 years of travel to Germany, Austria and Switzerland to do research for my subscription travel newsletter, my wife, Liz, and I made a few bad cho... Read More...