I always thought Halloween was dreamed up by the candy manufacturers collaborating with the American Dental Association (just kidding, I love going to the dentist). But I was wrong, of course.

I was struck recently by an odd sight (at least for an American) when I was riding the subway in Tokyo. We were on the escalator, going up from a station to the street level. Ahead of us was a small boy…

There's one feature of Japanese culture that most tourists don't rave about but should. Japan has the best toilets in the world. Bar none.

We recently checked into a VRBO for an eight-night stay in Barrio de las Letras in Madrid, a neighborhood that was home to some great 17th-century writers. 

We are back in Paris and there’s so much to do with hardly any time to do it. However, one of my favorite things is to walk through the Jardin du Luxembourg, one of the city’s most beautiful parks.