Lisbon abounds with sleek bars – places like Lux , owned by John Malkovich, that have widescreen views over the water. But my favorite places to drink don’t have any windows at all. Miradouro is the Portuguese word to describe a scenic viewpoint. In most...

Some friends of mine have this habit of jogging the Belgrade forest and get all sweaty early on Sunday mornings. I’m no particular early bird, so I save my efforts for the second leg of the ordeal: The brunch at Cuppa in the Cihangir district. While they...

After a visit to the Columbia Flower Market , you just have to go to the Spitalfield Market . If you are pressed for time, just go for the latter. Here, I’ve sipped many a freshly crushed carrot juice with my friend, imagining that I was the one living...

We thought it was a purely English phenomenon. However, Bed & Breakfast has become at huge hit in France, yes even in Paris, where Parisians hire out rooms and serve homemade jam for breakfast. Vi took the grand tour and found both luxury, four-poster...