1500 – The first cherry pie is believed to be made in the U.K. for Queen Elizabeth I. 1600s – The English colonists brought ...

As a young backpacker, I fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At that time, the town still fed a few farm animals within its medieval walls.

Swiss watches, cheese, chocolate and some of the highest mountains in the world are some of what Switzerland is known for.