Denmark is one of those countries where citizens are deliriously happy all the time, at least according to surveys conducted by someone.

The first time we were headed to Greece, we were going to island hop around the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea for a couple of weeks.

Paris at sunrise. The simple pleasure of going out in the morning to buy a fresh baguette.

What do you do for a significant wedding anniversity? Rent a French chateau on a lake in the Loire Valley with 32 bedrooms and invite 60 or so of your best friends, of course.

OK, so if you’re a young bro, you probably go to smoke some legal weed (come on guys, it’s legal nearly everywhere now) and gawk at the women in the windows in the red-light district. 

Noma is a three-Michelin-star restaurant run by chef René Redzepi, and co-founded by Claus Meyer, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Even in the depths of COVID, the Parisians had a sense of humor. 

Years ago, I spent a week in San Sebastian to attend a Spanish language immersion class.