Articles by Susan Spano Page 2

Rain pelted the windshield as I drove up the Vals Valley. Read more

One wet morning in August (though I gather that it’s almost always wet in Scotland), I went walking in the Tweed River Valley near the hamlet of Innerleithen. Read more

When Pope Benedict XVI visits this small town in the foothills of the French Pyrenees next weekend, he will follow in the footsteps of millions of pilgrims who have come before him. Read more

Golf has been king at Gleneagles Hotel since the magisterial five-star Scottish resort-hotel near the Perthshire town of Crieff opened in 1924. Read more

Popes and emperors left Rome every summer to get away from the heat. Read more

Susan Spano’s Postcards From Rome When it’s 100 degrees on the Piazza Navona, gelato is better than Bernini. Read more

Pianissimo, pianissimo. Read more

Ihad been trying to learn Mandarin at Beijing Language and Culture University and still had about 3,500 Chinese characters to memorize with two months left in the semester. Read more

Part joy ride, part soul quest, the road trip is part of the American character. Read more