Susan Spano

Susan Spano

 

The travel writer Susan Spano is the author of French Ghosts, Russian Nights, and American Outlaws: Souvenirs of a Professional Vagabond, to be published in May by Roaring Forties Press.

Costa Concordia cruise ship runs aground

Cruise Ship Disaster Arouses Concerns, Memory

The Genoa-based Costa cruise line, owner of the stricken Concordia, has had troubles before

An olive tree in Italy

Italy: Where the Olive Oil is the Most Flavorful

An organic farming network gave my niece the opportunity. Then she gave me the nectar of the gods

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in The Trip

Goofing Around in England’s Lake District

Now out on DVD, The Trip, with comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, takes the road movie into the storied English countryside

Packing light for the new year

Traveling Light in the New Year

Don't overpack is a rule to live by. So why not declutter on New Year's Eve

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Christmas Shopping Around the World

Lamps at the Chiang Mai market

Christmas Shopping Around the World

There are valuable discoveries, but at a German Christmas market all I could find was Third World junk that only looks good if you drink a lot of gluhwein

Sites like Brussels' Place du Jeu de Balle are featured in the new Tintin movie.

Tintin is Everywhere in Brussels

The famed comic book character, now a Steven Spielberg-Peter Jackson film, is a nifty way to know the Belgian capital

Arezzo, Italy

Five Hundred Years of Giorgio Vasari in Arezzo, Italy

The "Roo de Loo" in Paris

Julia Child in Paris

Though the American chef popularized French cuisine, she hasn't yet received her due in the city she loved

General Joseph Stillwell's desk at the museum site in Chongqing, China

An American General’s Legacy in China

General Joseph Stilwell, U.S. Army hero and leader of American forces in China in World War II, had a tangible impact overseas that you can visit today

Beijing's "Bird's Nest"

A Prize-Winning Architecture Tour of Beijing

The next Pritzker Prize for architecture will be awarded in the Chinese capital, a tribute to its new crop of award-worthy structures

Martin Sheen in "The Way"

Martin Sheen’s Pilgrimage in “The Way”

The new movie by Emilio Estevez and featuring his dad, Martin Sheen, is a stunning depiction of famed religious pilgrimage

View from Piazza Garibaldi in Rome

In Rome, a New Museum Worth Celebrating

A Roman museum devoted to 19th century hero Giuseppe Garibaldi is a bright spot amid the gloomy news from Italy

Zuccotti Park -- tourist destination?

Zuccotti Park: Protest Site as Tourist Attraction

Getting a feel for the sliver of green in lower Manhattan that Occupy Wall Street Protesters call home

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Not Finding the Lost Explorer Everett Ruess

A recent book only adds to the enduring mystery of a legendary Southwest wanderer

Rufus Sewell as Aurelio Zen in the BBC series "Zen"

Italy, Via Murder Mystery

Forget the guidebooks. Whodunits offer a private eye on Italian art, food and culture

Production shot of "Chinglish"

“Chinglish” Dramatizes China-U.S. Muddles

In the new Broadway play by David Henry Hwang, an American in Beijing misinterpreting the signs

The stewardesses of Pan Am

TV’s “Pan Am:” A Case of Misplaced Nostalgia

Who doesn't miss the retro glories of the early Jet Age celebrated in the ABC series? But enough with the sexy stewardesses already

A potential buyer must carefully inspect the rugs at the Navajo rug auction.

Where to Get a Great Rug, and a Helping of Navajo Culture

Connoisseurs of Native American textiles know to go to the Crownpoint, New Mexico, Navajo Rug Auction

A Buddhist monk at Preah Vihear

Travel Pioneers in Southeast Asia

Ex-pat Americans in Asia lead travel firms with a difference—giving back

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