Cincinnati and Cleveland get all the glory–or at least the sports fans, though I...
Beth Reiber
Beth Reiber began her freelance travel-writing career pretty much straight out of college, first living in Germany, then writing about the US, and then moving to Japan. Having written Frommer's guides to Japan for more than 30 years and numerous articles, she is an expert on Japan. Her interest, however, is the world. Now living in Lawrence KS, she writes about everywhere she goes.
In a nation famous for its high-tech bidet toilets, Tokyo is apparently also...
One of my most sensuous memories is of a tree, in a forest of...
Be More Japan, a hardback with lots of graphics covering a wide range...
Sintra was the playground of Portugal’s 19th-century rich, which explains why it has...
Bourbon is in a class all its own. It’s America’s only designated “native spirit,”...
Barbados has it nailed when it comes to tiny houses, painted in pastels of...
If you like Malbec, there’s no finer place to sample some of the world’s...
My last name is a dead giveaway to my German ancestry. But even though...
I’ve been to Argentina twice, beguiled by the hip European-like vibe of Buenos Aires,...
I’ve always been a strictly beer, wine, and milk(!) kind of gal. But...
A lifelong independent traveler, I’ve always been defiantly, even snobbishly, critical of cruises....
Japan’s first contact with the Western world was in 1543 with the arrival of...
The Seto Inland Sea (Seto-Naikai) is considered Japan’s most scenic waterway, a vast emerald...
The horrific tsunami that swept across Iwate Prefecture and other areas of Tohoku’s coast...
I always make a point of stopping at the local tourist office when arriving...
Yes, vintage American cars show up on virtually every website post or magazine...
Tipping is weird. Why, after all, are consumers responsible for the livelihood of people...
Travel Awaits put out its recommendations of places to go in 2019. When they...
I’m a very slow eater, so there was no question I was going to...
Like many Floridians in the first half of the 20th century, my grandparents traveled...
There are probably more tourists in Trinidad, proportional to its size, than any other...
I was interviewed as a travel expert on Japan and a blogger on the...
As someone who travels for a living, I’m used to following my own whim,...
The Space Needle was built in 1962 for the World’s Fair. But it has...
