Celebrity Travel: Go Away With Chris Fowler
For ESPN sportscaster Chris Fowler and his wife, Jennifer Dempster, travel is a way of life. "We never get sick of it," says Fowler, 51. "Travel really is our vice, moreso than any possessions. We will spend money to enjoy a nice trip and see a place we haven't visited before." Fowler, whose duties include hosting "College GameDay" and ESPN's tennis coverage, also is Brent Musburger's play-by-play replacement for ABC's "Saturday Night Football." Raised in Colorado, Fowler is based in New York. Fans may follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/cbfowler.
Q. Which sporting event would you like to travel to for work?
A. I've never covered the Olympics. I'd like to do that.
Q. What work trips stand out?
A. I've been fortunate in the past 27 years to take a lot of assignments in a lot of different places. I've even been to East Berlin when the wall was up and we had to go past Checkpoint Charlie. The police followed you everywhere. It was similar to being in the Soviet Union before (Mikhail) Gorbachev broke down the barriers, and we were accompanied by the KGB. It was amazing to be in Gorky Park and Red Square. And within the United States, I've been to every state but Alaska.
Q. What are some of your favorite destinations?
A. Paris is my wife's and my favorite city. We also travel a lot to Australia for tennis. You travel to a lot of very wonderful places when you cover tennis -- London, Palm Springs, Miami. It's very different from college football, which I also cover. Africa is a favorite place to go. We've been there a few times. We honeymooned in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. We weren't roughing it there.
Q. Since you travel so much for work, do you try to stick close to home when you take personal vacations?
A. Not really. We don't have kids, so traveling is a hobby for us. I sort of feel most alive when I'm in nature and far-flung places. Fortunately, our lifestyle allows us to take long trips and go to lots of nice places.
Q. Which city that you've reported from had the most enthusiastic fans?
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