The setting was idyllic. There we were, lounging on the deck of our luxury barge during the first leg of our weeklong Classic Journey to the Loire Valley and Burgundy Canal in France. Yet even as we happily chatted away … Continue reading →

Lush tropical foliage…misty mountaintops…lava-streaked volcanoes. Of all the exotic images I had of Costa Rica prior to my first visit, I never pictured myself on the side of a rutted road, using a banana leaf as a funnel to refill … Continue reading →