As my husband and I sipped our glasses of Guinness and warmed ourselves by the peat fire in Golden's Pub in County Cork, Ireland, I felt I had found a place where I could be very happy. Always the romantic, I pictured us buying a whitewashed cottage on the coast, where I would write my novel, we could bicycle to the pub, and on stormy nights, we could listen to the ocean break on the cliffs from our chintz covered chairs by the fire. Read More

After a long, dreary winter it's time to refresh and renew for spring. We tested four of the latest spa treatments to get you looking and feeling your best. Read More

I hopped off the deck of the Nooit Volmaakt, and sprinted up to speed for a morning run through the French village of Moret. The deserted pre-dawn streets snaked along the canal, past a medieval church, half-timbered cottages and stone bridges. There was still mist on the water. Read More