The following is an excerpt from my new book, Europe On 5 Wrong Turns a Day.

When I told people I was headed to Europe, or had just come back, the subject of Barcelona inevitably arose -- "Did you check out the food scene?" "Did you see the...

The following is an excerpt from my new book, Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day.

The journey of a thousand miles now begins with setting up a travel blog -- it's practically obligatory these days. My mother has one. So does my godmother. They're so ubiquitous that...

The following is an excerpt from my new book, Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day.

Nineteen seventy-two. The Continent was open; the tourists were everywhere. The U. S. economy was faltering, but even this was not enough to dissuade the masses from heading abroad, although it did...

The following is an excerpt from my new book, Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day.

Although my 1963 edition of Europe on Five Dollars a Day says it's the Left Bank where you'll find what remains of authentic Paris, Arthur Frommer has one major find on the...

The following is an excerpt from my new book, Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day.

One evening in Florence, I had some bold and important investigations to undertake. Namely, I needed to have some pizza. Purely for journalistic purposes, understand. Solely to examine the authentic version in...