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Truth Be Told: It Happened at the Hofbr�uhaus

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:15:00 +0100

Debi Lander takes a break from skydiving, castle-hunting, and other adventures to share a beer with her teenage daughter at Munich's world-famous Hofbräuhaus. We walked in and headed straight back through the raucous, decorative shrine, past endless rows of hewn-wood tables and the German "oompah" band. Turning left at a kiosk...

Event Coverage: Cars and Coffee, Jacksonville, Florida

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:29:57 +0100

Cars and Coffee in the Sunshine State attracts two Model A's and a 1940 Rat Rod, among other quirky and competition-winning classics. As regular readers know, Automotive Traveler's Rich Truesdell attends Cars and Coffee in California--and I've now discovered a group in my hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. They meet Saturday mornings...

Touring the BMW Factory: Munich, Germany

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:23:50 +0100

Ever wonder where your new BMW 3 was born? Automotive Traveler's Bimmer Dreamer, travel writer Debi Lander, gives us an inside look at BMW's Munich plant that churns out 800 3 Series coupes each day. Readers may recall my daughter, Laura and I traveled to Munich last summer. We participated in...

A Historic Trip down The Boston Post Road to The Wayside Inn

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:39:40 +0100

Visiting New England? For some Yankee hospitality, check out the historic Wayside Inn. On a crisp, rainy September afternoon I pulled up to the bucolic Wayside Inn, in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The sign post near the road boasts "food, drink and lodging for man, woman and beast." I hoped I didn't fit...

The Tale of a Turtle

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:29:35 +0100

Perhaps you've heard The Starfish Story by Loren Eisley? The short piece tells about a man walking along a beach. He notices a boy picking up small things and gently throwing them into the ocean. He asks him what he is doing and the boy replies, "Throwing starfish back into...