Posts By Alice Verberne
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525TravelAlice Verberne: The Michelstadt Weihnachtsmarkt is a half-timbered Christmas fairy tale
(Editor’s note: This post on the Michelstadt Christmas Market is part of our series on lesser-known, but amazing, markets across Europe. You...
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Christmas in Málaga: Pack your cowboy boots and Daisy Dukes
The Santa of my childhood wears Bermuda shorts, so when the mercury drops, I head south. This year, my husband suggested we...
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493Lifestyle & Culture
Don’t miss truffle season: Celebrating this incredibly rare delicacy in Italy and France
My sister treated me to a vacation in Italy this summer. As “slow travelers,” we chose the path less-touristed just north of...
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736News & Buzz
Luxembourg City’s Winterlights Fest: Live concerts and deluxe FREE! transport
(Editor’s note: This post on Luxembourg City is the third in our series on lesser-known, but great, Christmas Markets. See Metz here...
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Metz: Your guide to savoring Christmas in a 3,000-year-old city
(Editor’s note: This post on Metz is the first in a series looking at Europe’s lesser-known, but fabulous, Christmas Markets. You can jump...
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516Lifestyle & Culture
Conjuring the Green Fairy with the forbidden ingredient in absinthe
There it is, practically dead. The ignominious herb wormwood. A rush of adrenaline washes over me. The plant’s reputation is quite infamous....
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581News & Buzz
Alice Verberne: Want to buy a second home in France? You’ll pay for the privilege
Everybody’s cheering! The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, kept his campaign promise to completely eliminate the dreaded taxe d’habitation, a sizable charge...
