The Tequila Express

Guadalajara is famous in Mexico as the birthplace of mariachi music and tequila. The heart of tequila production lies to the northwest of th...

We're headed for Guadalajara

Since returning from England in January, I have been awarded a second Knight International Press Fellowship to launch a digital journalism ...

Bronte Country

The house where the extraordinary Bronte sisters grew up is a little over an hour by bus and train from Manchester. The village of Haworth i...

JK Rowling's cafe in Edinburgh

Sunday I went to brunch in Edinburgh with Matt and Susan Reed, a British couple we met in the Galapagos. We went to a little place called t...

A newspaper launch

I'm back in the States with the family now for 10 days. I've been in England for the better part of five months now to help with th...

Wordsworth's lakes

This is Dove Cottage , in Grasmere in the Lakes region of England, where Wordsworth wrote some of his most important poetry. Wordsworth and ...

More words

There are so many everyday expressions that are different here. We say, "I want a round-trip ticket to London." Brits say, "...