Alexis Averbuck : Grecce. Alexis lives in Hydra, Greece, takes regular reverse R&R in Athens, and makes any excuse she can to travel the isolated back roads of her adopted land. A travel writer for two decades, Alexis has lived in Antarctica fora year, crossed the Pacific by sailboat and written books on her journeys through Asia and the Americas. She's also a painter. Kerry Christiani : Austria, Portugal.
Ever since her first post-grad trip to Austria, Kerry has seized every available chance to travel back to the country of Mozart. Maria and co. Hanging out in the cream of Vienna's coffee houses, road-testing Christmas markets and glimpsing the first snow of the season in the Alps were highlights this edition. Her love affair with Portugal began as a child hiking the cliffs of the Algarve. She's returned countless times since, and remains captivated by this country's creative spirit and beautifully melancholic soul.
Kerry has authored/co-authored around two dozen travel guides, including Lonely Planet Austria, Pocket Lisbon and Pocket Porto. Emilie Filou : France. Emilie was born in Paris and spent most of her childhood holidays roaming the south of France. She now lives in London, where she works as a freelance journalist specialising in development issues in Africa. She still goes to France every year for holidays and loves feasting on local market products, especially cheese and wine.
Duncan Garwood : Italy. Duncan is a British travel writer based near Rome. Since he moved to Italy in 1997, he has travelled extensively in his adopted homeland and worked on about 30 Lonely Planet guides, including Rome, Sardinia, Sicily and Italy's Best Trips. Memories from his most recent trip include a barbecue in a Palermo street market and catching an open-air concert in Trieste's vast central piazza.
