Europe

Experiences in Douro Valley

Look at four experiences you can have in Douro Valley: The walking paths are a way of accessing the fields. Apart from that, they are a window to the cycles of nature, the work and the days in the...

The EU's VAT Refund Rip Off

Almost everything you buy in EU includes a 25% VAT (if you buy compact disks, visit the web site for UK's Presto Music to see how cheap you can buy CDs in EU without the VAT. Even paying for...

Austria: the Best of the EU

On our 17th European vacation, we concluded that Austria was the best destination in Europe. After 45 EU vacations, we modified that to Austria and Prague are the best, but Prague...

How to Eat in Europe: What to Eat Where

All the travel guide books tell us one of the points of travel is to experience other cult rues, and eating local traditional food is one of the best of these experiences. Regrettably, globalization...

How to Eat in Europe: the Basics

1] EU beef is different from American beef. Its free range, not grain fed, and comes from different breeds of cattle than those we eat. That makes beef taste different and gives it a tougher...