Acclaimed new movie has renewed interest in Concord, a haven for Louisa May Alcott and many of America’s notable 19th-century writers.
Three days in Austin, Texas, a place where music thrives in every corner
Arrive in Austin on a Friday, or a Thursday, or even a Tuesday and it doesn’t take long before you hear music, live music. It pours out of big restaurants which take up a whole block and in tiny storefronts where five is a crowd. Music is the heartbeat of this city, the pulse that…
Jane Austen died 200 years ago but her legacy lives on in Bath and Hampshire
There are many geographical spots around England where the words of Jane Austen live on two centuries later, but none are more closely linked to the author than Bath, where she set some of her novels, and the county of Hampshire, where she died. Two hundred years after her death on July 18, 1817, Jane…
Vacay Network Video: Brighton, England, a seaside resort from the Regency era
BRIGHTON, ENGLAND -Get off the train at Brighton Station and you arrive right in the city centre where the seas is so close you can smell it as soon as you step outside. In the Regency era, Brighton was transformed from a fishing village to a seaside playground for the wealthy and royalty….