I traveled to Cuba (legally) on a concert tour with the Yale Alumni Chorus. While there is no simple way to describe this complicated country, let me try...
We spent almost two weeks in Italy, visiting good friends in Rome, traveling to Florence and Tuscany and finally to the beach in Maratea.Best vacation. Ever.
We stayed in Putney Bridge, shopped at Borough Market for New Year's Eve and watched fireworks from our balcony.
Did you know that more Americans visit Orlando every year than Washington, DC ? This wonderful city has so much to offer. So go. Take the kids.
I spent a mere 48 hours in Istanbul. But I was wined and dined on the Bosphorus and got to hang with the locals, including the Prime Minister. Not too shabby...
We drove to visit bro Joe and family in Athens Georgia, via the Blue Ridge Parkway, Roanoke & Ashville. There's still some real America out there..
I visit Salzburg every few years as faculty of the Salzburg Medical Seminars. It's a busy week of teaching, but there's always a little time to explore this lovely city.
Not the Poconos, not the Catskills. Just a little bit of heaven near a lake in Upstate Pennsylvania.