Taking the Finland to Sweden Train Across Scandinavia By Kent E. St. John Senior Travel Editor All aboard! My trip took me to Stockholm, Helsinki and several other delightful Scandinavian hideaways. Traveling on the steel rails in Scandinavia opened up the possibility of meeting locals as well as hitting spots not on the usual tourist […]
Fes is a city you don’t want to miss visiting in Morocco By Kent E. St. John Senior Travel Editor The call to prayers from the muezzins permeated the clear air from several of the minarets in the culverts far below much as they have for 1,200 years. From my perch above, the medina spread […]
By Kent E. St. John Senior Travel Editor Less than ten minutes after leaving the airport on St. Lucia, I was pulling up to the Coconut Bay Resort. Within fifteen I headed to the beach, cocktail in hand. St. Lucia was a destination I longed to see but knew little about. I found out a […]
Lake Placid, New York: Olympic Memories and Adirondack Splendor By Kent E. St. John, Senior Travel Editor Long before New England poised itself as an adventurer paradise the Adirondack Mountains have fulfilled the role. As I rolled up Route 73 to the Olympic Village of Lake Placid, the mountains held me captive. Nowhere else in […]
The bananaquit, or sugar bird, is small and courageous. Nevis: The Queen of the Caribes By Kent E. St. John Senior Travel Editor Inexplicably, quite a few years ago I broke off a long time love affair. Thanks to the Caribbean Island of Nevis, I have rekindled love anew. From the runway at the Vance […]
By Kent E. St. John Senior Travel Editor From my window seat on the Air Tahiti Nui jet the sails of the Sydney Opera House seemed poised to streak across the bay. White foam trails against the blue water were the first clue I had about the water’s importance to Australia’s premier city. The pictures […]
A visit to Marrakech, shopping in the markets — known as souks — and taking in the sights and sounds of the old city one of Morocco’s oldest.
Byron Bay: Australia’s New Age Wonder Beach Town By Kent E. St. John In Australia, Byron Bay is a beach town icon and conjures up great memories for Aussies who have visited there. Surfers, hippies, new agers and the well-to-do, all return repeatedly and each finds their slice of heaven. Many have stayed and built […]
Barging the Canal across France By Kent E. St. John Monsieur Paul Riquet may not be known to many Americans but if you cruise the Canal du Midi once, you will praise him to high heaven. Back in 1666, M. Riquet spent his fortune and left his family in debt for fifty years after his […]
By Kent E. St. John Senior Travel Editor The braying of a donkey pierced the peace of the slow arrival of the morning sun that was becoming evident even through the goat hair tent. Memories of the sinking sun’s majestic departure were pushed back as the whiff of cardamom-spiced coffee permeated the bone-dry air. I […]
By Kent E. St. John I have read many times about places in Quebec that remind the writer of traveling through France. I have just returned from an area that stands on its own; its uniqueness defies simple comparisons. The Charlevoix Region’s position embraces the mountains that run directly to the shores of the St. […]
Cruising the Norwegian Mail Ship that travels the entire coast of Norway to Tromso By Kent E. St. John Senior Travel Editor “The Arctic night falls with an icy blue tinge; cold, clear and beautiful. The North Sea darkens and stars gather here on the coast of Norway.” These were the notes I took on […]
