http://www.washingtonpost.com/europe/2010/07/08/ABur5vC_page.html?wprss=rss_europeEurope Vacation & Travel Guide: Browse articles about traveling and vacationing in Europe from The Washington Post Travel section.enCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanyFri, 15 Mar 2013 17:17:06 GMTFri, 15 Mar 2013 17:17:06 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/europe/2010/07/08/ABur5vC_page.html?wprss=rss_europehttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/227cb0ba/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Cin0Etallinn0Eestonias0Ecapital0Elet0Efreedom0Esing0C20A120C0A40C120CgIQAMNHzGS0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p>Sacred ground.</p> <p>That’s what our guide, Magrit, calls the vast open-air theater on the outskirts of Tallinn, the ancient capital of the tiny <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/estonia.html">Baltic nation of Estonia</a>. Here, in the late 1980s, Estonians gathered by the thousands to sing patriotic songs and express their deep disdain for their Soviet rulers. Finally, in 1991, the “Singing Revolution” triumphed, and Estonia became free.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-tallinn-estonias-capital-let-freedom-sing/2012/02/01/gIQAMNHzGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/227cb0ba/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=In+Tallinn%2C+Estonia%E2%80%99s+capital%2C+let+freedom+sing&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fin-tallinn-estonias-capital-let-freedom-sing%2F2012%2F04%2F12%2FgIQAMNHzGS_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171348/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/227cb0ba/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171348/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/227cb0ba/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171348/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/227cb0ba/a2t.img" border="0"/>Red ArmyJohn Quincy Adamsgrowth rateSun, 22 Apr 2012 19:54:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-tallinn-estonias-capital-let-freedom-sing/2012/04/12/gIQAMNHzGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europeSteven V. Robertshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641bb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Cin0Etallinn0Eestonias0Ecapital0Elet0Efreedom0Esing0C20A120C0A20C0A10CgIQAMNHzGS0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p>Sacred ground.</p> <p>That’s what our guide, Magrit, calls the vast open-air theater on the outskirts of Tallinn, the ancient capital of the tiny <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/countries/estonia.html">Baltic nation of Estonia</a>. Here, in the late 1980s, Estonians gathered by the thousands to sing patriotic songs and express their deep disdain for their Soviet rulers. Finally, in 1991, the “Singing Revolution” triumphed, and Estonia became free.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-tallinn-estonias-capital-let-freedom-sing/2012/02/01/gIQAMNHzGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641bb/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=In+Tallinn%2C+Estonia%E2%80%99s+capital%2C+let+freedom+sing&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fin-tallinn-estonias-capital-let-freedom-sing%2F2012%2F02%2F01%2FgIQAMNHzGS_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171334/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641bb/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171334/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641bb/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171334/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641bb/a2t.img" border="0"/>Red ArmyJohn Quincy Adamsgrowth rateSun, 22 Apr 2012 19:54:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-tallinn-estonias-capital-let-freedom-sing/2012/02/01/gIQAMNHzGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europeSteven V. Robertshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/2260e497/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Cin0Etransylvania0Egetting0Ebeyond0Edracula0C20A120C0A80C0A10CgIQAGdZuGS0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p>It wasn’t the occult that drew me to Transylvania. It was a cookbook.</p> <p>I’ve never read any of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031613290X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=031613290X">“Twilight” series</a>, nor a single word of an Anne Rice novel (though a friend did persuade me to see the film version of “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004RFFS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B00004RFFS">Interview With the Vampire</a>” when it was released in 1994). <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000035Z3K/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B000035Z3K">Bela Lugosi’s Dracula</a> is the only vampire I’m familiar with. But as a culinary historian, I’ve been intrigued by Transylvania since 1985 and the release of the unusual cookbook “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517556987/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=0517556987">Paul Kovi’s Transylvanian Cuisine</a>,” by the former owner and director of the Four Seasons in New York.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-transylvania-getting-beyond-dracula/2012/03/01/gIQAGdZuGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/2260e497/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=In+Transylvania%2C+getting+beyond+Dracula&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fin-transylvania-getting-beyond-dracula%2F2012%2F08%2F01%2FgIQAGdZuGS_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171322/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/2260e497/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171322/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/2260e497/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171322/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/2260e497/a2t.img" border="0"/>European Unionfilm versionCristianFri, 16 Mar 2012 19:15:06 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-transylvania-getting-beyond-dracula/2012/08/01/gIQAGdZuGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europeJohn Martin Taylorhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/225ac67b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Cin0Etransylvania0Egetting0Ebeyond0Edracula0C20A120C0A80C120C46ffcfea0E63cc0E11e10Eb51c0E0A1d913513d630Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p>It wasn’t the occult that drew me to Transylvania. It was a cookbook.</p> <p>I’ve never read any of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031613290X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=031613290X">“Twilight” series</a>, nor a single word of an Anne Rice novel (though a friend did persuade me to see the film version of “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004RFFS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B00004RFFS">Interview With the Vampire</a>” when it was released in 1994). <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000035Z3K/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B000035Z3K">Bela Lugosi’s Dracula</a> is the only vampire I’m familiar with. But as a culinary historian, I’ve been intrigued by Transylvania since 1985 and the release of the unusual cookbook “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517556987/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=0517556987">Paul Kovi’s Transylvanian Cuisine</a>,” by the former owner and director of the Four Seasons in New York.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-transylvania-getting-beyond-dracula/2012/03/01/gIQAGdZuGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/225ac67b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=In+Transylvania%2C+getting+beyond+Dracula&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fin-transylvania-getting-beyond-dracula%2F2012%2F08%2F12%2F46ffcfea-63cc-11e1-b51c-01d913513d63_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171307/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/225ac67b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171307/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/225ac67b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171307/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/225ac67b/a2t.img" border="0"/>European Unionfilm versionCristianFri, 16 Mar 2012 19:15:06 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-transylvania-getting-beyond-dracula/2012/08/12/46ffcfea-63cc-11e1-b51c-01d913513d63_story.html?wprss=rss_europeJohn Martin Taylorhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641d6/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Cin0Etransylvania0Egetting0Ebeyond0Edracula0C20A120C0A30C0A10CgIQAGdZuGS0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p>It wasn’t the occult that drew me to Transylvania. It was a cookbook.</p> <p>I’ve never read any of the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031613290X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=031613290X">“Twilight” series</a>, nor a single word of an Anne Rice novel (though a friend did persuade me to see the film version of “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004RFFS/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B00004RFFS">Interview With the Vampire</a>” when it was released in 1994). <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000035Z3K/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B000035Z3K">Bela Lugosi’s Dracula</a> is the only vampire I’m familiar with. But as a culinary historian, I’ve been intrigued by Transylvania since 1985 and the release of the unusual cookbook “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517556987/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=washpost-travel-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=0517556987">Paul Kovi’s Transylvanian Cuisine</a>,” by the former owner and director of the Four Seasons in New York.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-transylvania-getting-beyond-dracula/2012/03/01/gIQAGdZuGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641d6/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=In+Transylvania%2C+getting+beyond+Dracula&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fin-transylvania-getting-beyond-dracula%2F2012%2F03%2F01%2FgIQAGdZuGS_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171290/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641d6/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171290/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641d6/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171290/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641d6/a2t.img" border="0"/>European Unionfilm versionCristianFri, 16 Mar 2012 19:15:06 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/in-transylvania-getting-beyond-dracula/2012/03/01/gIQAGdZuGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europeJohn Martin Taylorhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641ca/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Cst0Epetersburg0Eon0Eum0E20A0A0A0Ea0Eday0C20A120C0A30C0A60CgIQALvdoGS0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p>It’s good to be czar.</p> <p>I certainly felt like one when my chauffeur-driven Nissan sped through the gate at Russia’s massive Catherine Palace outside St. Petersburg, zooming past hordes of tourists trudging from their buses a mile away. Ours was the only car in sight as we zipped up the vast, empty courtyard, pulling to a stop just a few steps from a side entrance, where a VIP greeter came out to meet us.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/st-petersburg-on-um-2000-a-day/2012/03/06/gIQALvdoGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641ca/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=St.+Petersburg+on%2C+um%2C+%242%2C000+a+day&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fst-petersburg-on-um-2000-a-day%2F2012%2F03%2F06%2FgIQALvdoGS_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171273/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641ca/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171273/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641ca/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171273/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641ca/a2t.img" border="0"/>Red ArmyNicholas IIsuicide bomberFri, 16 Mar 2012 18:19:51 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/st-petersburg-on-um-2000-a-day/2012/03/06/gIQALvdoGS_story.html?wprss=rss_europeThomas Heathhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f964205/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cconversations0Cyour0Eeurope0Etravel0Ephotos0C20A110C0A30C140CABvlJEV0Iugcgallery0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/conversations/your-europe-travel-photos/2011/03/14/ABvlJEV_ugcgallery.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f964205/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Your+Europe+travel+photos&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fconversations%2Fyour-europe-travel-photos%2F2011%2F03%2F14%2FABvlJEV_ugcgallery.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171253/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f964205/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171253/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f964205/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171253/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f964205/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:39:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/conversations/your-europe-travel-photos/2011/03/14/ABvlJEV_ugcgallery.html?wprss=rss_europehttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641ea/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Ca0Ewalk0Eacross0Ethe0Escottish0Ehighlands0C20A110C0A30C120CABCINzT0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p>The stone obelisk and huge banner that marked the start of the trail would have been obvious on their own, but the dozens of backpackers surrounding them made them impossible to miss. I’d been told that the West Highland Way was the world’s most popular hiking trail. And suddenly, I believed it. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/a-walk-across-the-scottish-highlands/2011/03/12/ABCINzT_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641ea/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=A+walk+across+the+Scottish+Highlands&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fa-walk-across-the-scottish-highlands%2F2011%2F03%2F12%2FABCINzT_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171230/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641ea/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171230/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641ea/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171230/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641ea/a2t.img" border="0"/>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:21:49 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/a-walk-across-the-scottish-highlands/2011/03/12/ABCINzT_story.html?wprss=rss_europeBrian Yarvinhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/225805f1/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Ccycling0Eacross0Esouthern0Eportugal0Ein0Esearch0Eof0Ehistory0E0Eand0Ea0Eworkout0C20A110C0A10C240CABCov4Q0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p>So, on a clear October day, I’m muscling my bike up the teeth-rattling cobblestones of Castelo de Vide, a whitewashed village topped with a 14th-century castle. It’s Day 2 on a six-day historical cycling trip through the Alentejo, a fertile southern region of <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/03/09/AR2005041501203.html">Portugal</a> studded with well-fortified settlements, some dating from as long ago as the 1st century B.C. I’m a history fan and exercise fanatic, so the intermediate cycling tour — led by <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/30/AR2010073003682.html">Lisbon</a>-based outfitter PortugalBike — seemed ideal for exploring a country I’d long wanted to visit. (And I’ll admit, 175 miles of cycling also meant that I could gorge on Portugal’s famous custard tarts all week long.) </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/cycling-across-southern-portugal-in-search-of-history--and-a-workout/2011/01/20/ABCov4Q_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/225805f1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Cycling+across+southern+Portugal+in+search+of+history+%E2%80%94+and+a+workout&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fcycling-across-southern-portugal-in-search-of-history--and-a-workout%2F2011%2F01%2F24%2FABCov4Q_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171206/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/225805f1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171206/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/225805f1/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171206/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/225805f1/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:04:49 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/cycling-across-southern-portugal-in-search-of-history--and-a-workout/2011/01/24/ABCov4Q_story.html?wprss=rss_europeChristine Dell’Amorehttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641f7/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Ccycling0Eacross0Esouthern0Eportugal0Ein0Esearch0Eof0Ehistory0E0Eand0Ea0Eworkout0C20A110C0A10C20A0CABCov4Q0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p>So, on a clear October day, I’m muscling my bike up the teeth-rattling cobblestones of Castelo de Vide, a whitewashed village topped with a 14th-century castle. It’s Day 2 on a six-day historical cycling trip through the Alentejo, a fertile southern region of <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2003/03/09/AR2005041501203.html">Portugal</a> studded with well-fortified settlements, some dating from as long ago as the 1st century B.C. I’m a history fan and exercise fanatic, so the intermediate cycling tour — led by <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/30/AR2010073003682.html">Lisbon</a>-based outfitter PortugalBike — seemed ideal for exploring a country I’d long wanted to visit. (And I’ll admit, 175 miles of cycling also meant that I could gorge on Portugal’s famous custard tarts all week long.) </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/cycling-across-southern-portugal-in-search-of-history--and-a-workout/2011/01/20/ABCov4Q_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641f7/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Cycling+across+southern+Portugal+in+search+of+history+%E2%80%94+and+a+workout&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fcycling-across-southern-portugal-in-search-of-history--and-a-workout%2F2011%2F01%2F20%2FABCov4Q_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a 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href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122401974.html">Ukraine</a>, you can imagine what it must have felt like to ride up to this place at the head of an invading horde.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/at-the-ancient-city-of-kamyanets-podilskiy-the-walls-the-thing/2011/03/03/ABerZ4Q_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/225799c1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=At+the+ancient+city+of+Kamyanets-Podilskiy%2C+the+wall%E2%80%99s+the+thing&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fat-the-ancient-city-of-kamyanets-podilskiy-the-walls-the-thing%2F2011%2F08%2F09%2FABerZ4Q_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" 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href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122401974.html">Ukraine</a>, you can imagine what it must have felt like to ride up to this place at the head of an invading horde.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/at-the-ancient-city-of-kamyanets-podilskiy-the-walls-the-thing/2011/03/03/ABerZ4Q_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/222ea13b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=At+the+ancient+city+of+Kamyanets-Podilskiy%2C+the+wall%E2%80%99s+the+thing&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fat-the-ancient-city-of-kamyanets-podilskiy-the-walls-the-thing%2F2011%2F08%2F03%2FABerZ4Q_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" 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href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122401974.html">Ukraine</a>, you can imagine what it must have felt like to ride up to this place at the head of an invading horde.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/at-the-ancient-city-of-kamyanets-podilskiy-the-walls-the-thing/2011/03/03/ABerZ4Q_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/2209ddf1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=At+the+ancient+city+of+Kamyanets-Podilskiy%2C+the+wall%E2%80%99s+the+thing&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fat-the-ancient-city-of-kamyanets-podilskiy-the-walls-the-thing%2F0000%2F10%2F01%2FABerZ4Q_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" 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href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122401974.html">Ukraine</a>, you can imagine what it must have felt like to ride up to this place at the head of an invading horde.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/at-the-ancient-city-of-kamyanets-podilskiy-the-walls-the-thing/2011/03/03/ABerZ4Q_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641fe/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=At+the+ancient+city+of+Kamyanets-Podilskiy%2C+the+wall%E2%80%99s+the+thing&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fat-the-ancient-city-of-kamyanets-podilskiy-the-walls-the-thing%2F2011%2F03%2F03%2FABerZ4Q_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171080/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641fe/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171080/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641fe/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171080/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641fe/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:54:45 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/at-the-ancient-city-of-kamyanets-podilskiy-the-walls-the-thing/2011/03/03/ABerZ4Q_story.html?wprss=rss_europeJohn Pancakehttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/226d0544/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Cgoing0Eour0Eway0Ea0Efamily0Etrip0Eto0Eireland0C20A110C0A50C310CABZeDqQ0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p> <strong>Who:</strong> Jeanette Golden, 62, and her husband, Dan, 63, of North Bethesda, plus son Paul, 33, and his wife, Laurel, 39</p> <p> <strong>Where:</strong> Ireland</p> <p> <strong>Why:</strong> Family vacation</p> <p> <strong>When:</strong> 12 days in summer or fall</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/going-our-way-a-family-trip-to-ireland/2011/03/07/ABZeDqQ_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/226d0544/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Going+Our+Way%3A+A+family+trip+to+Ireland&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fgoing-our-way-a-family-trip-to-ireland%2F2011%2F05%2F31%2FABZeDqQ_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171053/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/226d0544/a2.htm"><img 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Summershttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641f3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Cgoing0Eour0Eway0Ea0Efamily0Etrip0Eto0Eireland0C20A110C0A30C0A70CABZeDqQ0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p> <strong>Who:</strong> Jeanette Golden, 62, and her husband, Dan, 63, of North Bethesda, plus son Paul, 33, and his wife, Laurel, 39</p> <p> <strong>Where:</strong> Ireland</p> <p> <strong>Why:</strong> Family vacation</p> <p> <strong>When:</strong> 12 days in summer or fall</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/going-our-way-a-family-trip-to-ireland/2011/03/07/ABZeDqQ_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641f3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Going+Our+Way%3A+A+family+trip+to+Ireland&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fgoing-our-way-a-family-trip-to-ireland%2F2011%2F03%2F07%2FABZeDqQ_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171028/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641f3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/144544171028/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641f3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/144544171028/u/0/f/636315/c/34656/s/1f9641f3/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:26:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/going-our-way-a-family-trip-to-ireland/2011/03/07/ABZeDqQ_story.html?wprss=rss_europeK.C. Summershttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641e3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clifestyle0Ctravel0Cgoing0Eour0Eway0Ea0Eson0Eretraces0Ehis0Efathers0Ewartime0Ejourney0Ethrough0Eeurope0C20A110C0A20C180CABXfDCJ0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Ieurope/story01.htm<p>When Sgt. Daniel F. Leahy died in 1991, his son, Dan, inherited a document that detailed the route across Europe that his father had traveled for 20 months as a soldier during World War II. Sgt. Leahy participated in some of the war’s key battles and campaigns, and now his son wants to see the places in England, France, Belgium and Germany where his dad fought and served. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/going-our-way-a-son-retraces-his-fathers-wartime-journey-through-europe/2011/02/18/ABXfDCJ_story.html?wprss=rss_europe">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636315/s/1f9641e3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Going+Our+Way%3A+A+son+retraces+his+father%E2%80%99s+wartime+journey+through+Europe&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flifestyle%2Ftravel%2Fgoing-our-way-a-son-retraces-his-fathers-wartime-journey-through-europe%2F2011%2F02%2F18%2FABXfDCJ_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_europe" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:12:47 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/going-our-way-a-son-retraces-his-fathers-wartime-journey-through-europe/2011/02/18/ABXfDCJ_story.html?wprss=rss_europeCarol Sottili