If you are traveling to the Basque Country with your iPhone or iPad in tow, this is a wonderful resource to take along (and do some pre-trip reading).  The Basque Country is ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Katie Aune from KatieGoingGlobal.com about her recent trip to Lithuania. Katie visited Lithuania as part of a year traveling through countries that were part of the former ...

The history of Armenia goes back thousands of years. Armenians were one of the first nations to adopt Christianity (around 301 AD) and since then, this nation has suffered much pain and ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Antonello Losito from Southern Visions Travel about his native region of Puglia (Apulia) in Italy. Puglia is the boot of Italy and does not get the same ...

Besides being just cool to look at the Tower of the Winds in Athens was useful for telling time. It had a combination of sundials and a water clock. In addition, as ...

San Sebastian, known in the Basque tongue as Donostia, is a medium-sized city on the northern coast of Spain, fronted by the Bay of Biscay. The capital of Gipuzkoa, one of the ...

Not every day is a good day for sitting at a sidewalk cafe, but even a rainy day can be a good day for a picture of one. For more travel photos ...

The Amateur Traveler talks to Rebecca about her adopted home of Umbria in Italy. Umbria is known as the green heart of Italy. Perhaps less well known than its neighbor of Tuscany ...

The steam spirals into the sky, pirouetting beneath the delicate winter sun, as the blistering spring water trickles, lathers, into the salty sea. A seagull swoops from the frosted cliff top , ...

One small thing I like about this picture of a town square in Heidelberg, Germany is accidental. It was a gloomy rainy day so my camera was set to a slower shutter ...