Denver Denver's my home town, so it was great to do a reading at the Tattered Cover's new, cavernous Highlands Ranch bookstore, which ...

By Julia Cosgrove June 2nd, 2010 2:13 pm  |  Comments (0) In the July/August issue of Afar, which hits newsstands later this month, writer Laura Fraser explores an ...

No matter how many times I've done it, it's always thrilling to arrive at a New York airport, grab a cab, and ...

I’m in Mexico City for a few days, here for a friend’s wedding. I’m staying in an area of DF (Distrito Federal) ...

October 16, 2009 Paris Today was the last day of my 2 ½ month trip. It was not an easy day: I came to ...

Lisbon, October 13, 2009 I got off the National Geographic Explorer this morning and was quite disoriented to see the Golden Gate Bridge. ...

DER October 9 This morning the National Geographic Explorer docked on the outskirts of Bilbao, Spain. Just before daybreak, we disembarked to the ...

Copenhagen- September 28, 2009 Like Stockholm, Copenhagen is a city I immediately felt comfortable in, one I could spend a lot of time ...

Stockholm, Sweden September 22 This morning we awoke to somewhat choppy seas, which made it all the better, during a morning lecture, to imagine ...

Tallinn, Estonia September 19, 2009 On the way to Estonia, aboard the Explorer, we watched a remarkable documentary called “The Singing Revolution,” about the ...