Summer Rylander Summer Rylander is an Oregon-born freelance travel journalist. She relocated to Nuremberg, Germany in late 2015 where she happily resides with her Swedish husband. Summer is particularly interested in food history and how culinary traditions allow us to better understand each other. She's an advocate for responsible travel and believes we should be aiming for regeneration, not just sustainability. Her writing has appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, Food & Wine, HuffPost, Stylist, and more. She enjoys a good Negroni and any excuse to practice her sourdough baking.• Received a bachelor’s degree in European studies from the University of South Carolina About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process