George Maharis, star of TV’s ‘Route 66,’ dies at 94
LOS ANGELES — George Maharis, a stage-trained actor with rough-hewn good looks who became an icon to American youth in the 1960s as he cruised the…
LOS ANGELES — George Maharis, a stage-trained actor with rough-hewn good looks who became an icon to American youth in the 1960s as he cruised the…
The Biden Administration remains locked in a standoff with congressional Republicans over raising the federal debt ceiling, just two weeks before the nation is set…
Russian mercenary force said to be willing to falsify paperwork to use Mali as transit point for Ukraine war equipment. Russia’s Wagner mercenary force has…
Religious purists probably assert that a pilgrimage requires walking rather than taking a train. I wasn’t inclined to spend three weeks walking to Trondheim. So…
Azerbaijan says it has set up a checkpoint on the only land route to the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan has said it has established…
I have a confession to make. I really love Belgium. This is, I know, not something travel writers often admit. But Belgium always packs surprises…
Most travellers from Britain bound for the 1873 World Fair in Vienna would have had their first encounter with Austria in Salzburg, whence it was…
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the opening of the railway to the Brocken, the highest summit in Germany’s Harz Mountains at 1,142 metres.…
Parts of Mexico’s remote southern jungles have barely changed since the time of the ancient Maya. A railway championed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez…
Vienna is Europe’s best-connected capital city, at least in terms of rail links. Weekly direct services to Minsk and Monaco slipped from the departure boards…
As I heft the weight of the backpack on to my shoulders, I ask myself: am I too old for this? In my 20s I…