My companion, George, and I visited Puerto Vallarta again, Nov. 28-Dec. 16, 2018, and I wanted to offer an update on the Malecón (boardwalk) sculpture tour that I mentioned in my 2015 article, "Enjoying the Food, Art and Celebrations of Mexico's Puerto Vallarta" (Dec. '15, pg. 40).

Art is a big part of Puerto Vallarta's culture vibe, and the Tuesday 9:30 a.m. tour is still very much alive, but the owner of Galería Pacífico del Arte (Aldama 174, Centro; phone +52 322 222...

Ask travelers to London what their most memorable experience was and many would answer, "The tour of Westminster Abbey." So when my husband, Carl, and I saw that the International Wine & Food Society, or IWFS (London, England; phone +44 [0] 20 7827 5732 or fax 7827 5733, www.iwfs.org) — of which my husband is a member of the Pasadena branch — had organized a tour around the 2018 IWFS Festival in London and it offered an opportunity to join a private, after-hours...

The archipelago of Lofoten is located north of the Arctic Circle, off the northwest coast of Norway. It is accessible by ferry, car or plane. . . but not without effort and a sense of adventure!

Every other July, while the midnight sun shines, a 7-day music festival, the Lofoten Piano Festival (lofotenfestival.com/en), is held there. (In alternating years, a chamber music festival is held there, instead.)

At the incredible 2018 piano festival (July 9-15), which I attended...