Articles of tips and photographs for Europe
Late October in Italy wonderfully quiets the crowds of Venice, Dolomites, Cinque Terre, and Pisa. My third visit to Venice saw new corners on foot… Read More »Cinque Terre, Pisa, Dolomites golden fall larches, Venice – 2025 October
From July 13–August 3, 2023, I reveled in a solo hiking trip by car in GERMANY’s Bavaria, AUSTRIA’s states of Tyrol and Salzburg, and ITALY’s… Read More »Alps walkabout in Bavaria, Tyrol, Salzburg & Dolomites
From July 19–August 4 in 2022, our group of five trekked ten stages of the beguiling Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1) plus nearby hikes.… Read More »2022 July: Swiss Via Alpina trek (National Route 1)
Five refreshing nights were well spent visiting the beautiful car-free resort of Saas-Fee, the main village in Saastal (Saas Valley), in the district of Visp,… Read More »2022 July: hiking Saas-Fee resort, Switzerland
After years of anticipation, our group of three completed the magnificent Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB). Twelve days of strenuous walking up and down covered… Read More »2022 July: trek Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) via France, Italy, Switzerland
12 days driving the length of Scotland enriched us with compelling history, striking art, and green landscapes such as Glen Coe. Favorites included: hiking the… Read More »SCOTLAND: hike Skye, castles, Callanish, Edinburgh, Stirling, Falkirk, history
My first visit to England filled us with surprisingly delicious pub food and admiration for spectacular medieval architecture. 13 days of mostly rainy weather didn’t… Read More »ENGLAND: Coast to Coast hike; Hadrian’s Wall; medieval architecture
In one of our best trips ever, Carol and I hiked in Switzerland from July 27 to August 30, 2016. We walked for 200 miles… Read More »2016 August: Switzerland via Alpenwild tours