Celebrity Travel: Go away with Art Bell

Jae-Ha Kim, Tribune Content Agency on Mar 2, 2021

A: We went skiing in Zermatt, Switzerland, with our adult children for the holidays two years ago. It was my first experience with European skiing. I'd been told how different it was from skiing in the U.S. I typically ski in Deer Valley, Utah, but skiing with a view of the Matterhorn and stopping for lunch at one of the many delightful small restaurants on the mountain couldn't be beat.

Q: Do you speak any foreign languages?

A: I took high school French and try to get by when in France, but it's hit and miss. My wife and I took three years of Italian with the hope of living in Italy for a few months at some point. My wife can now speak Italian. I can't. I consider myself foreign-language challenged.

Q: What are your five favorite cities?

A: In no particular order: New York, Washington, D.C., Rome, Stockholm, Tokyo.

Q: Where would you like to go that you have never been to before?

A: Antarctica, Normandy, Barcelona, New Zealand, Galapagos Islands, Greece.

Q: When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?

A: Binoculars, a bathing suit and my Kindle. I also always travel with my MacBook Air so I can look things up and learn about the history of wherever we are.

Q: What is your guilty pleasure when you're on the road?

A: Breakfast, which I typically don't eat when I'm home.

Q: What kind of research do you do before you go away on a trip?

A: I ask my wife. She does the vacation planning, because if I did it, we'd end up with a staycation. My wife loves planning our vacations and often runs things by me – hotels, guides, cars – before she books them. I've never taken a vacation with her that I didn't thoroughly enjoy.

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