Apr 14, 2008
A couple of summers ago, I found myself in the thin air of one of those flower-bedecked Swiss valley hamlets, in this case, Arosa. Arosa sits at 6,500 feet above sea level, and 4,500 feet above the lightly-traveled Graubunden canton's capital city of Chur. Whether you take the train from...
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Dec 21, 2007
My previous entry in this space included many of the fascinating and somewhat obscure sports museums in Europe. I covered those in Austria, Britain, Finland and France. Let’s follow the alphabet and take at look at some of Europe’s other gems: Germany:The Hunting and Fishing Museum (Jagd- und Fischereimuseum) in...
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Dec 4, 2007
My first clear memory of the Olympics was the 1960 Summer Games in Rome. The mind-expanding modern architecture of its stadiums. Cassius Clay and Wilma Rudolph destroying everything in sight. The heat. The joy. And Russia vs. the United States. It was a taste I wanted more of. [The Lausanne...
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Nov 9, 2007
I’m not a skier. Our son Riley Morton, the skiing and mountain climbing filmmaker, fills me in on the hot new mountain sports destinations when I feel the need to write about snow sports. As for me, I’ve had a lifetime experiencing the great snow resorts of North America and...
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Nov 2, 2007
Before there was a Roger Federer, there was Martina Hingis. Tiny Switzerland pole-vaulted to the peak of Europe's tennis world with these two brilliant champions—but Martina came first.Yesterday she announced her retirement from the active tennis tour and championships, under a the cloud of a positive drug test for cocaine...
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Oct 31, 2007
I learned a tough lesson very early in my life of travel. We had planned a week’s vacation in Denmark including four days in Copenhagen.We had a great time visiting design boutiques, eating open-faced sandwiches at sidewalk cafes, touring the Tuborg beer plant, and exploring cobblestone alleys on rented bikes....
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