ROME -- The Eternal City is best discovered without a map on foot, with an adventurous spirit open to appreciating the lazy, lumbering cornucopia that somehow comes together effortlessly here.

ROME- Australians and New Zealanders are sometimes struck by a sense of inadequacy in Europe- Compared to antecedents in Ireland, Britain and Italy, our history is short and our cultural legacy sti

LIVINGSTONE, Zambia -- Late in the afternoon we fired up the Isuzu Wizard and travelled down a long, dirt road, down the valley toward the river - across that river were Zimbabwe and Botswana.

 MANACOR, Mallorca-After the French Open and Wimbledon, I stay on in Europe and follow the US hard court tournaments on TV -- challenging as in many countries tennis is broadcast only on cable.

  ROME -- Can Piazza Armerina help save Pompeii?

SORRENTO -- Naples has long been a leading tourist destination not only for the city itself but for the choice places nearby such as Capri, the Amalfi coast, Ravello, Paestum and Pompeii.

SKOPJE -- When I mentioned to friends in Italy and the UK that I was coming to work in Macedonia, most had only the dimmest idea of the country, or even that it exists as an independent state.

 ROME—Do you want to heal past trauma, overcome addictive behavior, and awaken to your true nature in a spiritually healing island paradise?

ROVERETO -- That Italy's strength in modern art lies in its smaller towns is borne out by the
MART museum in Rovereto, which lies half way between Milan and Venice.

PATTAYA, Thailand -- Anyone meeting the remarkable Juergen (Gio) Lusuardi will not quickly forget, especially when they discover how many benefit from his energy building the Take Care Kids charity

 LILONGE, Malawi- My trip to Mwaya Beach took nine hours on a perilously crowded bus across narrow bridges spanning crocodile-peppered waters - of the 100 in the vehicle I was the only white person