Both at home and in Europe, people are settling in for the long haul of self-isolation. And my workmates and I are finding that being in touch with our European guides is bringing us a lot of joy and relief. Continuing our Friday tradition, here are a few of the European reports we received this week.

Our European guides are keeping in touch with each other as they all weather the same crisis, in different places. For example, Cameron Hewitt, the co-author of my Eastern Europe guidebooks,...