Globus family of brands:  "Every journey tells a story" project, 2007.

From Neuschwanstein to Cologne's Dom, from the Berlin Wall to the vineyards of Franken, 30 popular German destinations got their own vignette stories in my work for Globus, a major European tour operator. Some of the stories are housed at Storysuitcase.

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Oberammergau. Storysuitcase.com. 2007.

Promises to God are notoriously hard to keep. The townspeople of Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps have not only kept their renaissance promise, they’ve turned it into euros and cents. Flashback to 1633. Oberammergau was a stop on the market road between Augsburg and Venice. When the plague hit, the town elders swore to heaven: Protect us and we’ll do a play about Jesus’ crucifixion every ten years...

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Various publications

"The thrill of a visit to Sicily." Chicago Tribune Travel Section, July 3, 2001.
"Adventures in the sands: In Tunisia – Destroying clichés in the Sahara." Chicago Tribune. October 27, 2002
"A Miracle in Germany: Church attracts pilgrims deep in the Bavarian countryside." Chicago Tribune. January 7, 2001
"Hidden Treasure: It’s Wurzburg for Geman saints, architecture and vineyards." Chicago Tribune. April 23, 2000
"Lubeck replays the Middle Ages." Chicago Tribune. June 9, 2002
"Low-Cost Language Learning in Germany." Transitions Abroad Magazine. Nov/Dec 2001
"Survival Guide to German Recycling." Expatica.com. 1 Feb 2002                      "Hitchhiking, German-style." International Living Magazine. October 2001.                "Franken Wein?" International Living Magazine. October 2001.
"The Waterways of Hamburg, Germany."  Travel-wise.com. Summer 2001.                    "Real Palermo for a Steal: Palermo, Italy." Bootsnall.com. 2001.                                      "Birth of a Freelance Travel Writer Abroad." Escapeartist.com. 2001

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Lubeck, Germany: Rome of the North. Travel-wise.com. Fall 2002.  

Anyone who thinks of Germany only as an economic powerhouse of the 20th century probably has never heard of the medieval Hanseatic League and its gabled queen, the city of Lübeck. This city on the East Sea with its stately houses and proud monuments is proof positive of German economic power of another age...

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