In eastern Austria, a Heuriger is a place where one can drink “new wine,” wine bottled this year. During our month-long stay in Vienna, June 12-July 10, 2019, my husband, Richard, and I decided to honor the Austrian tradition of going to Heurigen (plural of Heuriger) to welcome the new vintages.

As new vintages arrived, vineyards across the nation have celebrated by opening their establishments to the public, usually putting up a pine branch, a sheaf of grain or other...

Following the passing of my husband, Ray, a travel consultant suggested I contact airlines to see if Ray’s United and Delta airline miles could be merged into mine. (The suggestion came during a discussion I was having with Pat Lalonde of Lion World Travel [Toronto, Ontario; 800/387-2706, www.lionworldtravel.com] about their East Africa tour.)

I contacted the airlines about this on Jan. 20, 2020. Both were compassionate and cooperative, and I learned that miles CAN be...

If you’re searching for an off-the-beaten-track, quintessen-tially English village, one with a few contemporary twists but not chock-full of camera-carrying tourists, I can heartily suggest the Saxon village of Cricklade, England.

Listed in England’s 11th-century Domesday Book, the town is located in north Wiltshire, about 90 minutes west of London off the A419, just south of the Cotswolds.

I learned about Cricklade from my daughter, who drove both of us there in...