MUNICH, GERMANY — I watch in amazement as Frau Singh slaloms around some drunken Hofbräuhaus patrons while clutching four large glass beer steins in her slender arms.

ANDERMATT, SWITZERLAND — I don’t give the bartender a chance to finish pouring my midday glass of wine before asking: “Which chair did Elvis sit on?”

Montegiorgio, Italy — A brisk, chilly wind buffets my face as I walk from my guest house at Officina Del Sole in Montegiorgio to a bountiful breakfast in a separate dining facility situated on the far side of a vast field of colourful hillside vineyards.

LANZAROTE, SPAIN — As my airplane swoops down towards Lanzarote, the scene growing ever larger outside the cabin windows isn’t really what I was expecting.

PARIS — One of the best mottos in life is “keep it simple.” And, as I recently found out while travelling through France, simple often means great tasting food that’s easy on your stomach and your wallet.

PIRAEUS, GREECE — Roughly half an hour into our sail from Athens’ chief seaport, a crew member on our chartered sailboat — a 44-foot catamaran called “Windsprite” — points at the water off our stern.

VITORIA-GASTEIZ, BASQUE, SPAIN — I’m told to don a hard hat before entering the 11th-century Santa María Cathedral, and cautioned not to hit my head on the scaffolding and supports helping to prevent the crumbling structure from falling on my head.

TBILISI, GEORGIA - I quickly discovered that the Georgians overfeed you with pleasure. It was only my second day in the country and I’d already experienced three supras, or feasts.

LONDON — Everybody loves a secret. No surprise, then, that the unveiling last fall of a “secret railway” beneath London streets has proven a first-class hit with visitors to London’s new Postal Museum.

DRESDEN, GERMANY — The late-day sun sits high in the sky over handsome Neumarkt Square, casting the iconic Frauenkirche (the Church of Our Lady) in an angelic light. The gigantic domed structure with the checkerboard sandstone exterior looks like a giant sandcastle.