Denmark: Meet Bølle! My parents’ cute Danish-Swedish Farmdog puppy

On our way back to Denmark, we spent a weekend in Bergen, where we checked into Skostredet Hotel & Spa. Our room was up on the sixth floor, and it …

I’d actually taken a break from Pumpkin Spice Lattes for a while. The standard Starbucks version had just become way too sweet for me, and these days, I prefer my …

Steve and I stopped by Mair’s for lunch after a trip to the golf course, so we were pretty hungry by the time we sat down. Mair’s is run by …

Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of nights in hotels. First when I was working as a flight attendant and later as a pilot, with countless hotel stays on …

And finally loukoumades happened! We had spotted the cozy little stand down by the harbor several days earlier, but every time we walked past, we had just been out for …

We started the day as usual with a really good breakfast at the hotel. I’ve been eating pretty much the same thing every morning here on Skiathos: Greek salad and …

After breakfast we took the bus to Koukounaries Beach. It’s probably one of the best-known beaches on Skiathos, and it’s really beautiful with sandy bottom and crystal-clear water. Though it’s …

We slept late the next morning. Really late, actually, and the one-hour time difference certainly didn’t help. Luckily, breakfast at the hotel is served until 10:30am, so we made it …

Steve finally got to experience a proper Danish charter holiday, because earlier this week, we found some cheap Sunclass flights from Copenhagen to Skiathos. At first, we had only booked …

One of my earliest childhood memories of cheese is from a visit to a cheese stand at a market, where a piece of caraway cheese somehow found its way into …

PDT (Please Don’t Tell) is one of New York’s best-known speakeasies, and while the bar is hardly a secret anymore, it’s still worth a visit, both for the cocktails and …

Hello from Leelanau! August has arrived, and I’ve been spending the last couple of weeks in northern Michigan with Steve and his family. Summer in Leelanau is pretty special. The …