by Penny Zibula | Aug 3, 2018 | Asia, Food & Beverage
Food, Culture and History are the Ingredients for a Great Find The night was damp. The narrow streets and alleyways dark and forbidding. But neither the weather nor the labyrinth that makes up Xian’s Muslim Quarter made me uneasy. It was the break-neck speed of the... by Penny Zibula | Jul 20, 2018 | Europe, Travel
True and Unbiased Accounts of the Troubles that will Haunt You Forever Paul was four years old in 1972 when a business a few doors down from his family’s home in a volatile neighborhood of North Belfast was bombed. The tot slept through the sounds of the blast and the... by Penny Zibula | Jul 6, 2018 | North America
America’s Story from the Struggles of the First Colony to Her Fight for Independence How did you enjoy your July 4th holiday? Do you know and understand the over 150-year chain of events that led up to the Declaration of Independence? We thought we did, but that was... by Penny Zibula | Jun 22, 2018 | Europe, Travel
700 Years of Catalan Tradition in Clay “Here we go again,” I thought, donning the apron and sitting down at the wheel. This was my second time in a year I found myself trying my hand – or rather hands – at pottery. John Keddy and Rocky Hill Pottery in the... by Penny Zibula | Jun 8, 2018 | Europe, Travel
Who Says Dead Men and Women Tell No Tales The rain came down in buckets. Then it didn’t. Then it did. It seemed the overcast skies over Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery Museum were determined to show us who was in charge. The weather may have been damp and ugly, but our... by Penny Zibula | May 25, 2018 | Accommodation, North America
Make the Most of Your Hampton Visit at this Business and Family-Friendly Hotel Hampton, Virginia is one of those towns that travelers all-too-often passed through on their way to other destinations. But it is also a town whose time has come to be a destination in its... by Penny Zibula | May 11, 2018 | Europe, Food & Beverage
Let Your Senses Guide You as You Explore This Costa Brava Gem Warm sunshine and clear blue skies smiled down on Simon, Otto and me on our drive to the Costa Brava town of Pals. Little did we know the mixed bag of experiences that awaited us. But I’ll tell you right... by Penny Zibula | Apr 26, 2018 | Road Reads
This Unlikely Heroine Will Steal Your Heart Simon, Otto and I were in Spain – I don’t remember exactly where – when Elizabeth, my sister-in-law, emailed me with a suggestion to read “ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine”. Since her book club would be... by Penny Zibula | Apr 13, 2018 | Europe
A Journey Into Ireland’s Neolithic Past Imagine driving through a modern residential neighborhood in Ireland. Now imagine standing among Neolithic burial mounds from the late Stone Age minutes later. A scene from a science fiction movie? No, this is the reality of Brú... by Penny Zibula | Mar 28, 2018 | Accommodation, Europe
Let this Stress-Free Accessible Accommodation Enrich Your Barcelona Experience MICs Sant Jordi is a fully accessible hotel comprised of 32 comfortable well-designed apartments. It is also the key component that can make all the difference in whether or not an...