The wind picks up reliably every afternoon on the bay of Vassiliki. Parents strap harnesses onto their children while instructors shout advice over the gusting breeze. On the Ionian island of Lefkada, this sheltered stretch of water has become a classroom for families learning to windsurf together. Beginners wobble across the chop on wide boards […]
Nockberge National Park is one of Austria’s most distinctive protected areas, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the state of Carinthia whose gently rounded, grass-covered mountains (the “Nocke”) create a landscape unlike anywhere else in the Alps: vast rolling alpine pastures dotted with traditional wooden huts, rare wildflowers, and spectacular panoramic roads that have earned the […]
