Oh, American Press, bless your heart

The US State Department released a broad travel advisory for Europe on Sunday. It cautioned Americans who are traveling to Europe to be extra vigilant…

Cruise Day 3: Dubrovnik

Day Three of our cruise (in May and June of this year) took us to Venice’s medieval rival: Ragusa. It is now known as Dubrovnik, Croatia — and it’s an UNESCO Heritage Site!..

Cruise photos, at last!

You may remember that, this May, we celebrated our long-term success with a cruise. Now, our short-term delay in posting our photos from that cruise has come to an end!..

You know you’ve settled into Europe when…

…you are stunned each time that somebody thinks your Visa has expired because it is dated 04/09/2010.
Culture consists, in part, of the customs that you take for granted…

Will Bakker, International TV star

Many, many people do crazy, crazy things to attract the cameras covering the Tour de France…

Tour de France: Way Back in Belgium

This year’s Tour de France is one of the most exciting in recent memory, especially after yesterday’s events.
Two weeks ago, the Tour began with a few stages in Holland and Belgium…

German adventures, Day 3: Baden-Baden and tantrums

Technically, we arrived in Baden-Baden at the end of a long day two…

Mysteries of Europe #42: Why oh why?

Anita enjoys visiting Holland, in part because many television programs are subtitled in Dutch but keep their original English audio tracks…

Postcards from Germany

Life has been a little crazy for the Bugle staff over the last three months…

A day in my life at the BBB&B

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