Travel Talk - World
John Meyer Books The Greatest Week of the Year… If You Like Festivals The first seven days of July make up, arguably, the greatest week of the year throughout the western world – if you have a passport, money to spend, and appreciate patriotic festivals....
Travel Talk - World
John Meyer Books Horses and Bulls and Why I Don’t Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day. You couldn’t escape it in downtown Toronto because every pub in my neighborhood cranked out the Van Morrison while party people...
Travel Talk - World
John Meyer Books Top Ten Things I Learned in Italy and France For the past few weeks, I’ve detailed some of the dramatic 2012 changes in Rome, Siena, and Amalfi since my book research trip back in 2005. Then last week, I listed my “Top Ten Things That...
Travel Talk - Italy
John Meyer Books Back in Siena Last week, I wrote about how much I missed my Rome of 2005. But you really can’t go back again, can you? The things you saw on your epic trip will always evolve and change. Sometimes for the better. But mostly…. everything...