REGENSBURG: THE BREW DANUBE

ALE-FRESCO: Enjoying a beer in the sunshinein one of Regensburg's many outdoor cafe barsAnd the award for the smoothest ever landing by an airline pilot goes to … Aer Lingus’s Captain Orla Clancy. Either the tyres on her Airbus were filled with feathers or the runway at Munich airport is made of marshmallows.Either...

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Why The French Laundry Matters

It doesn't take long for a culinary tradition to emerge. Tradition is not measured merely by the passage of time, but by the tenacity of how a practice is preserved. We commonly see "tradition" at the more prosaic end of the dining spectrum--annual clambakes, family recipe dry rubs, chili cook-offs....

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SPAIN: SUNSHINE HOLIDAY NEEDN'T COSTA FORTUNE

COSTA DEL PARASOL: Not a cloud on the Malaga coastWe were on the coach from Malaga airport heading for our hotel when the rep dropped the bombshell that it was at the top of a steep road known as Heart Attack Hill. There were gasps and groans from the couples with kids and a few unrepeatables from the...

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DENMARK: WONDERFUL, FUNDERFUL COPENHAGEN

SPANORAMA: Copenhagen skyline and theOresund Bridge linking Denmark and SwedenThe oldest pub in Copenhagen, Hviids Vinstue, is an unbeatable nightspot with an unpronounceable name. The extra bold Gothic type used in the signs on the front of the building is baffling — the H looks like an S and the V...

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