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Surrounded by a spectacular Swiss Alps vista, dining atop the nearly 10,000-foot Schilthorn peak is a breathtaking experience. Hiking the Swiss Alps will certainly build up the appetite. (Cameron Hewitt, Rick Steves' Europe)
Rick Steves

Hiking the Swiss Alps

A natural high with high-altitude thrills and cheese

By Rick Steves | June 17, 2025
A couple looking together at a tablet. Used with Boggle on the fly, June 16, 2025. Image by Bundit Binsuk
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Boggle BrainBusters: On the Fly

How many hidden words can you find?

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | June 16, 2025
Reims Cathedral's 260-foot-tall towers were added in the 1400s, about 200 years after the church's construction; the spires intended to top them were never installed for lack of money. (Rick Steves, Rick Steves' Europe). In intoxicating Reims, France
Rick Steves

An Intoxicating City: Reims, France

A Healthy Dose of History and Champagne

By Rick Steves | June 10, 2025
grandmom and girl on tablet together - image by Syda Productions (used with Jumble Puzzle: Talking Trees)
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles: A Ford F-150 and Trash

Two scrambled word challenges – Jumble for Kids and the Classic

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | June 9, 2025
The Best of Class winners in the inaugural Virginia First Landing Cup spirits competition, 2025. Image by Todd Wright.
Annie Tobey

Winning Spirits in Virginia’s Inaugural First Landing Cup

Top distillers and products claim the spotlight

By Annie Tobey | June 5, 2025
The old industrial canal district in modern Milan is trendy and thriving, says travel professional Rick Steves. He takes us there, to “Little Venice” and to other colorful sights.
Rick Steves

Modern Milan in Italy

Fashionable and fun

June 2, 2025
Man typing on a laptop, used for Boggle puzzle on finding time
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Boggle BrainBusters: Finding Time

How many hidden words can you find?

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | June 2, 2025
A cocktail and an emptied flight at the Copper Fox Distillery Williamsburg tasting room. Credit: Annie Tobey
Annie Tobey

Copper Fox Distillery

Smoke, no mirrors

By Annie Tobey | May 29, 2025
The Nikolai pillar illuminated at night in Leipzig. Built in view of its importance in the 1989 Peaceful Revolution. CREDIT: Holger Kleine
Rick Steves

Remembering the Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig

The German city that helped halt communism

By Rick Steves | May 27, 2025
grandmother and granddaughter looking at a tablet, possibly doing puzzles, like this one on money matters. Photo by Fizkes Dreamstime
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles with Money Matters

Two scrambled word challenges – Jumble for Kids and the Classic

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | May 26, 2025

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