Cooking Dinner in Tokyo: A Seasoned Traveler Gets a Taste for Local Flavor By Kristy Alpert My stomach churned once again as I passed another indecipherable train station sign along the Odakyu line. Sitting on that Japanese train, palms lightly sweating, I realized I had never quite felt so far…
Old Town Revival by Kristy Alpert Dating back to the 7th century, Krakow is one of Europe’s oldest cities, and it remains one of its last to be built from the center out, where its architectural monuments are all set in chronological order starting at its core. Today, modern-day…
Travel to Antarctica is One Cool Journey By Kristy Alpert I was buried in a mound of snow the first time I felt the gaze of those dark, penetrating eyes. I didn’t even hear him coming, his footsteps muffled by the sounds of icebergs clashing together and the wind…
The 15 Cheesiest, Most Delicious Finds in Quito, Ecuador Don’t miss out on these cheesy dishes on your next trip to this culinary capital. By Kristy Alpert The country may be famous for potatoes and chocolate, but the one ingredient Ecuadorians won’t go without is cheese. They eat it for…
Apres-ski the Swiss way at Huus Gstaad By Kristy Alpert The cold wind bit at my already frosted cheeks as we rode our way to the top of Gstaad’s soaring mountaintops on the last ski lift operating for the day. After a full day of navigating through freshly fallen powder,…
