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Netherlands: VOC

East India House, German Institute, University of Amsterdam. East India House, German Institute, University of Amsterdam. July 2017...

Italy: sandwiches and coffee

Milan. July 2015 [from FB post: August 6, 2014] Can we explore sandwiches? Seriously... how is it something so simple can be so sublime?...

Czech Republic: Elbe River Valley

Elbe River. July 2019 [from FB post: July 26, 2022] Real life update: on the train between Prague and Dresden in the Elbe Valley. Super...

Spain: Salamanca Cathedral

Cathedral July 2015 [from FB post: July 27, 2015] Oops...time to post something lest the social media zombie world think I've become...

Italy: Milan Musings

Porta Genoa. August 2014 [from FB post: August 6, 2014] Milan is a city of contrasts. You see things that just are amazing and take...

Portugal: Porto

Santo Ildefonso Torre da C.M. Ribeira view from Dom Luis I Bridge [from FB post: July 25, 2016] Report from Porto: this city just does...

Italy: Milan - first impressions

Milan August 2014 [from FB post: August 5, ,2014] I just spent all morning trying to change UK Pounds to Euros. No banks offer money...

Spain: train ride to Burgos

Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Zaragoza Burgos Cathedral. July 2015 [from FB post: July 22, 2015} My 4 hour train journey really...

Portugal: Bad Romance

Old house, Alfama, Lisbon. August 2016 [from FB post: August 6, 2016] Loving a Place to Death Judging from comments from the locals...

Italy: Milano Centrale

Milano Centrale. August 2014 [from FB post: August 5, 2014] OK friends...two comments so far. They simply do NOT make train stations...

Philippines: Dipolog

Sunset Boulevard views, Dipolog. July 2017 [from FB post: July 7, 2017} Reporter on site: You know President Duterte has declared martial...

Malaysia: old sandals on the bus

Queen Victoria Memorial Clocktower, Georgetown Penang. December 2005 [from FB post: July 11, 2017] From many moons ago: Once I was...

Spain: Cartuja de Miraflores, Burgos

Interior, Cartuja de Miraflores, Burgos July 2015 [from FB post: July 24, 2015] Just back from a splendid walk to the Monastery Cartuja...

Philippines: habal-habal

Museum, Eisenhauer's York Harley-Davidson, York, PA. December 2021 [from FB post: February 13, 2011] A very good day out in Samal...

Jordan: Mt Nebo

[from FB post: July 22, 2017] Looking out over the West Bank The winding road down to the Jordan Valley July 2017 [from FB post: July...

Italy: Malpensa Airport

Alps from Malpensa Airport, Milan. August 2016 [from FB post: July 16, 2014] Milano!!! I flew in low over the Alps on a clear day.......

Spain: University of Salamanca

Casa de las Conchas. July 2015 [from FB post: July 25, 2015] So suppose someone graduated from the University of Salamanca... and met...

Philippines: changing tourist faces

Starbucks, Bacolod. July 2017 [from FB post: July 14, 2017] Gone are the "rich Japanese" here in SE Asia. Now it is all Korean. Here I...

UAE: coda

Dubai International Financial Center. July 2018 [from FB post: July 6, 2018] Reflections I am in hot Dubai ending a journey that also...

Jordan: pilgrimage

[from FB post: July 23, 2017] A Pilgrimage of Sorts: The day started with traffic. I think there was no traffic in the days of...

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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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