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Diamond Jubilee: Ohio City, Cleveland

West Side Market Downtown from the Columbus Road Bridge June 2021 I arrived at the Greyhound Station in Cleveland after crossing the...

Spain: Sitges

July 2015 Sitges had been recommended to me by AFVdR as a nice seaside town south of Barcelona. I even considered staying there instead...

Italy: Riomaggiore

February 2019 Riomaggiore was the first of the Cinque Terre towns I visited on a day trip from Genoa. I figured it made sense to go...

Spain: Vigo

Aperitivo. July 2017 The first city I reached in Galicia after departing Porto, Portugal (by train) was Vigo. I had never heard of it...

England: St Pancras Station, London

April 2012 Darling station of film and TV, St Pancras is one of those London landmarks that is iconic even for people who have never been...

Italy: Naples Bay

December 2018 Walking along the Naples waterfront I discovered Molosiglio Gardens with its stunning view over the Bay of Naples and Mt...

Diamond Jubilee: departure

Elizabethtown Amtrak Station. June 2021 Life was roller-coastering for everyone. We were living through COVID. Cases were down - was...

Iraq: Badge of Honor

Badge of Honor, Ministry of Defense, Ukraine Prologue Nohadra is the Assyrian name for Dohuk, Kurdistan, Iraq. This place has been around...

Bangladesh: delivery bicycles

July 2022 The lowly tricycle flatbed deliverymen are the backbone of moving things around Bangladesh. Upon first glance, people from...

Australia: Ayer's Rock

January 2001 Ayer's Rock (Uluru) is striking. Uluru is an inselberg, meaning "island mountain". An inselberg is a prominent isolated...

Philippines: a slum with a view, Bacolod

July 2017 On one of my many visits to Bacolod, JRC took me down to the moribund Bacolod Baywalk Recreational Park. Unlike the...

Argentina: San Carlos de Bariloche

February 2001 We were late to learn about South America. Brian had done a World Bank project in Peru and loved it just after Georgetown....

Portugal: Boca do Inferno, Caiscais

August 2017 On my "atypical for Europe" small white van tour out of Lisbon to visit Sintra, a lot of other smaller stops were included. ...

England: Chapel at Eton

April 2012 On a very strong recommendation from my cousin/sister EHJ, I just had to see Windsor on my next trip to London. Since it was...

Italy: aperitivo, Bologna

July 2016 In Bologna I cemented my relationship with aperitivo. Throughout the city's medieval alleys and piazzas on late summer...

Istanbul: Column of Constantine

August 2020 The column was dedicated on May 11, 330 AD, with a mixture of Christian and pagan ceremonies. In Constantine's day the...

Vietnam: The Marble Mountains, Danang

December 2007 Marble Mountains is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located in Ngũ Hành Sơn District, south of Da Nang city in...

Morocco: Kairaouine University, Fes

December 2019 Underappreciated On my day of wandering in Fes, I stumbled across this complex of buildings. The Kairaouine Mosque and...

Germany: Esslingen

March 1993 remnants Esslingen was occupied by U.S. troops starting in April 1945, at the very end of World War II. During the war the...

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"A stone with no moss" has been my motto.  My experiences and commentary from travels both near and far.  No hate, unfiltered.

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