A recent study found that the average person walks 900 miles a year…and drinks 22 gallons of beer. That makes 41 miles of walking to the gallon — not bad at all.
For people who love beer and travel and (wisely) don’t want to drive, these articles explore how to get around by using public transportation, bikes and your own two feet…with great suggested pubs to stop at along the way.
We’ll explore some of the best cities and countryside for walking, and provide suggestions on the best places to sit and enjoy a beer. And for those who prefer wine? Well, why not? We’ll throw in an occasional wine bar or enoteca too.
Dresden is a “New” Mini-Prague
Dresden today has been rebuilt into a gorgeous, Baroque city. They say that no one is building a city like Prague anymore, but that’s not quite true. Most of the gorgeous Baroque, “Old Europe” city you see in the heart of Dresden, Germanytoday is brand new, even though it appears to look centuries old. From […]
Biking and Drinking Beer in Berlin
Gendarmenmarkt, the prettiest square in Berlin (photo: Visit Berlin) The best way to see Berlin is by bicycle. For one thing, the city of 3.4 million people is huge – 9 times the size of Paris – and, like any capital city, there are long distances to be covered between monuments and historic buildings. But […]
Rolling and Drinking Beer on New Zealand’s TranzAlpine Express
It’s not the fastest or most luxurious railroad in the world, but the TranzAlpine Express is certainly one of the most scenic. Slicing across the South Island of New Zealand, the 260-km rail line travels from the wild, rocky, glacier-studded West Coast of the island to the pastoral, rolling green hills of the east. In […]
Walking the Trail of America’s First Christmas
McKonkey’s Ferry Inn, courtsey of Visit Bucks County It is forever Christmas at McKonkey’s Ferry Inn. The dining room in this lovely tavern, located on the banks of the Delaware River, 42 miles upstream from Philadelphia, is always decorated as it would have been on Christmas night, 1776, when George Washington had his dinner here. […]