SPRING SUNDAY: TOURIST OR TRAVELER?
Each time we travel we have a choice. We can be a tourist or a traveler. In my younger life I was always a traveler. I backpacked through South America, teaching English along the
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SPRING SUNDAY: CHASING CULTURE
One of the most common criticisms I hear about raising kids in Telluride is the lack of culture. This always puzzles me because I’m fairly certain that if I lived in a city, I wo
TRAVELING TO TIBET: AN INSIDER’S GUIDE
More than 30 years ago, I saw the Dalai Lama on German TV, laughing and joking as he likes to do. And I was appalled. I wondered self-righteously how the exiled leader of a country
TIO FRANCE: RETURN TO PARIS
Susan has spent a lot of time in Paris; much less so for me. Paris was a natural stop driving back to London from Torino, but we had no plans, depending on serendipity to have Pari
TIO ITALY: RETURNING TO TURIN
We returned. Most vagabonds never get there. And that’s a miss. Turin (or Torino in Italian) is a very interesting town in the northern Piedmont region, Italy’s first c
TIO FRANCE: CHEZ STEEL, MENERBES
When Peter Mayle moved to Provence over 20 years ago, his idea was to write, yes, but a novel, not a memoir that put his adopted hometown dead center of any tourist’s map of
POSTCARDS FROM MEGEVE: COW CONTEST
There’s something new in Megéve everyday. Today, it was a cow contest. Farmers came from all over, bringing their best cows, hoping to to win the bragging rights of having
TIO FRANCE: WRAPPING IT UP IN BASQUE COUNTRY
Where to stay? Check. Our post about La Deviniere in Saint-Jean-de-Luz covers that, though we failed to mention a woman named Beatrice, who runs the hotel for Bernard Carrere. Shou
TIO IN FRANCE: WINE & CHEESE IN BASQUE COUNTRY
Telluride Inside… and Out has just spent three days in Provence, and we’re now in Torino, Italy. Though we’ve left Basque country behind us for now, we still have som
TIO FRANCE: LES VIEBROCKS CHEZ MOI
Editor’s Note: John Steel’s post is not current. Clint and I are long gone from Menerbes, where we stayed for about three days. (The house limit.) John wrote the post t
TIO FRANCE: RESTAURANT/HOTEL ITHURRIA & ESPELETTE
In Basque country, art is mostly found on plates. Several years ago we toured the Spanish Basque region. We went for Bilbao. We stayed for the people – and the food. Food is at
TIO FRANCE: HOTEL LA DEVINIERE & ST JEAN- DE-LUZ
I put out a request for suggestions for a hotel and base of operations to explore the Basque region of France – bien sur, pleine de charme – and the drums responded loud and cl
TIO FRANCE: A TALE OF TWO CHATEAUX
Villandry. D’Usse. Chenonceau. Chaumont. Chambord. The names roll off the tongue if your tastes run to noble pursuits and houses on steroids. We had seen many of them on a tr
TIO IN FRANCE: ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Clearing immigration in London, the suit at the desk wanted to know why anyone (in their right mind) would travel to London to get to France. Good question. Simple answer: Clint an
FALL SUNDAY: ESCAPE TO LUXURY IN THE DESERT
I’ve visited Moab lots. I’ve climbed off Pot Ash Road, rafted the Daily Run, biked on Slick Rock and Poison Spider and camped with my family alongside the Colorado River. But,
TIO ON THE ROAD: A WEST COAST LOOP
Susan and I left Telluride for the first leg of our Fall travel right after Telluride Film Festival. Our first stop was Scottsdale to visit friends. I did get in one nice bike ride
MOUNTAIN VILLAGE: TELLURIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
It’s sensory overload of the very best kind: the robust pairing of culinary and visual arts happening under one celestial roof. The Telluride Festival of the Arts takes place
HOTEL MADELINE, MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, UPS THE ANTE
The trumpet sounded at a special media luncheon on July 12, when it was announced that Hotel Madeline Telluride, Mountain Village, was now officially part of the The Leading Hotels
CARRYING YOUR OFF-SEASON TRIP BACK HOME
Editor’s Note: With only one week to go to Moutainfilm in Telluride, May 25 – May 28, TIO brings our coverage of off-season travel to a close with Emily’ story about
FASHION FRIDAY: TRAVELING LIGHT
Spring breaks may have come and gone, but spring travel continues, with many of us getting a jump-start on summer by hanging out on a beach. If you are like me, after a long winter
TIO ON THE ROAD: BASQUE FOOD IN NORTHERN NEVADA
Coincidence? Serendipity? Call it what you will, while we were planning our road trip to southern Oregon to meet Kid 1 and family, the April Smithsonian magazine arrived with its l
TELLURIDE PLAYWRIGHTS FEST: SPRING (THEATRE) FEVER
Spring is a busy time for the Telluride Playwrights Festival. While everyone is getting their last minute snow licks in, we are down to reading the final selections for our sixth a
TELLURIDE INSIDE… AND OUT : DISPATCHES FROM CHILE, 3/23/2012
Throw darts at a map of Santiago and you will find great things to see and do. Or you can hedge your bets. With only a few days to explore the city, we turned to our Man On The S
TELLURIDE INSIDE & OUT: DISPATCHES FROM CHILE, 3/20/2012
Yesterday Susan and I spent our second full (emphasis on “full”) day in the Ovalle area of El Norte Chile. In a sense the day was a continuation of the day before. Our