Most business owners and marketing and sales executives don’t listen to their customers or communicate with them – unless those customers speak some English. Many proudly announce themselves as a global company but when it comes to language translation and providing information in the foreign...

Currently, I am planning our trip to Europe this summer. We will be traveling to Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Czech Republic to visit family, doing some research and business. But mostly, we will be in Germany. A close ally with lots of travel planning experience is my mother in Germany....

Imagine, you spend a wonderful vacation in a far away city, ate in a nice restaurant, had an adventurous time with a rented bike, took an RV to cross the country, you bought a special souvenir in a store, or took a guided tour or learned cooking overseas ... and then, in the mail, you receive a...

Christmas tree lighting in the US is done in almost every town and city in the US and most Europe around the first Advent. Adding Lights (also known as Fairy lights) to a needle tree goes back to the 18th century Germany where Christmas trees were decorated in upper-class homes with candles which...

Being in Italy, exactly in Catona, Calabria, for the first time, gives me a good reason to write about specifics of the south Italian everyday life and hints of thoughts for fellow travelers with formal reasons, such as business. I am in good company with my Italian-born...