Travel

Travel writer Stan Sesser follows the advice of Francis Bacon who, in 1601, wrote of a traveler "Let him sequester himself from the company of his countrymen and diet in such places where there is good company of the nation where he travelleth." Sesser recommends avoiding tourist traps and says you will be rewarded, as he has been, if you mingle with the locals, talk and eat with them where they eat.