When somebody asks me for tips on visiting somewhere I’ve been to, I type out a two-hundred-word text message, complete with emojis. It...

Christmas in Vienna starts early. I arrived in the city on Halloween, and a week later, the Viennese were lacing up their ice skates to...

German is the third foreign language I’ve studied in a classroom setting, as an adult, by my own choosing. I was forced to take Spanish...

The holy trinity of Salzburg according to our walking tour guide, Leo: Mozart, The Sound of Music, and salt. Mozart was born in Salzburg...

I made friends with a girl at a concert because we were both sitting on the floor. Also on the floor: a portly blond woman in a poodle...