The Roads Traveled - website of Mary Gilbert

Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Incline

The Duquesne Incline is one of Pittsburgh’s most recognized and visited landmarks—and the quintessential way to get to Mt. Washington.

Living with the Eames Legacy

The sheer creativity and adaptation of ideas that continue to emanate from the Eames family’s legacy as it moves forward is astounding.

Paris Unscripted

Our dialed-down game plan for Paris worked like a charm. It is unanticipated adventures like these that help fuel our desire to be on the road.

Charlotte's Hidden Gardens

Wing Haven is the story of two women named Elizabeth, but their gardens couldn’t be more different in history, purpose, and appearance.

Portfolio

As a freelance writer and traveler, I love telling stories about places I go and people I meet…stories ranging from the arts to architecture, cuisine to culture, history to happenings.

Travel Resources

Enhance your own travel with these recommended classes, products, tours, and websites gathered from traveling in 16 countries (and counting), and from coast to coast in the U.S.

Blog

Being on the road holds the promise of transformation and it always delivers. The Roads Traveled blog captures those moments of adventure, discovery, engagement, and inspiration.

The Roads Traveled blog captures moments of adventure, discovery, engagement, and inspiration from around the world.

Edmond Fallot Dijon Mustard “Cuts the Mustard” in Beaune, France

Mary Gilbert Europe, Food and Wine, History, Tours and Sightseeing September 7, 20231932 Peugeot, Beaune, Burgundy, Burgundy mustard mill, Découvertes tour, Dijon Mustard, Dijon Mustard Making, Edmond Fallot Dijon Mustard, France, Jambon persillé, Moutarde, Moutarde de Bourgogne, Moutarde de Dijon, Mustard seeds, Sensations Fortes tour 2 Comments

Unexpectedly, a potent aroma – eye-watering, nose-piercing, heat-inducing – engulfs me. Next, the ground beneath me shimmies, accompanied by loud rumblings overhead. Fortunately, the shake-rattle-and-rolling gyrations are nothing like the undulating tremors that years ago startled me awake from aRead more

Beaune, France, Burgundy’s Wine Capital, is Rich with Ancient History

Mary Gilbert Europe, Food and Wine, History, Tours and Sightseeing November 16, 2022Basilica Collègiale Notre-Dame, Beaune, Beaune market, Bourgogne, Burgundy, Burgundy wine, Château de Beaune, Côte d'Or, Dukes of Burgundy, France, French markets, Fromagerie Alain Hess, Hospices de Beaune, Hôtel-Dieu, Joseph Drouhin, La Place Carnot, Le Promenade des Remparts, Maison Bouchard Père et Fils, Porte Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Martin bastion, Square des Lions, Wine 6 Comments

I’m walking along a promenade on ancient ramparts (La Promenade des Remparts). The pathway encircles the old town of Beaune, the celebrated wine capital of Burgundy (Bourgogne) in the Côte d’Or department in eastern France. This strategic fortification, with itsRead more