Wine, Cheese and Chill in ‘magical’ Tequis, Mexico

El Geiser hot springs pool near Tequis. @Diane Gierisch

The charms of traditional Mexico abound in Tequisquiapan, a small city in the arid highlands of Central Mexico.   Indigenous people named it for the steaming hot springs and minerals discovered there in the 1600s. Today, the city is better known as Tequis. It’s also a popular stop on the Querétaro Wine and Cheese Route.   To learn more about this pueblo mágico, or magical town, please read my Tequis story in Rovology.  For more travel stories, visit the Rovology website–a wonderful resource for anyone who...

Pagosa Springs: Wine, Resorts and Hot Air Balloons in Colorado

Pagosa Springs may be challenging to reach, but this southwestern Colorado town is an amazing place to take a hot air balloon ride, soak in hot springs, and sample wine from grapes grown on a remote sheep farm.   I’m exciting to share my article about my adventures in Pagosa Springs on the online travel website Rovology .You can also view my Instagram video of my hot air balloon flight.   Pagosa Springs is encircled by the largest contiguous wilderness areas in the lower 48...

Tranquil Beauty of Tuscany

After spending two weeks hiking in Cinque Terre and hopping ferries on Lake Como, I was ready to relax with friends on a secluded agritourism farm in Tuscany. From the sleepy Sinalunga train station, I traveled in a sleek Italian sports car along narrow country roads that dipped and curved abruptly around tiny hamlets, walled estates, olive groves and vineyards. Porcelain-white Chianina cattle grazed contentedly along the road sides. Red poppies and mustard-colored rapeseed covered the rolling hills as far as I could see, interrupted...

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