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Morocco: Jewish Cemetery, Meknes

December 2019 burial rituals Morocco had a vibrant Jewish community for centuries. The Jews were expelled from Spain alongside Muslims...

Czech Republic: Karlovy Vary

July 2019 Karlsbad After the fall of the Iron Curtain there were two places in then Czechoslovakia I wanted to visit - Pilsen and...

India: Kerala Backwaters

houseboat one of many canals. February 2010 Houseboat - Kerala backwaters -- we did this for 3 days. Kind of nice, but not as...

Malaysia: KL Monorail

near Maharajalela Station Station Entrance at KL Sentral. June 2015 From new, to normal, to retro When we lived in Jakarta and...

Germany: Aachener Dom

September 2015 Frankish language area (Wikipedia) Charlemagne. Karl der Große. Charles the Great. Father of modern Europe....

Belgium: Liège-Guillemins Station

September 2015 How is it that little Belgium holds two of Europe's most phenomenal train stations? Near the Dutch border in the north is...

Haiti: Labadee

Freedom of the Seas. May 2010 This is my only photo of Labadee, Haiti apparently. I guess it all was pretty blurry since we were on a...

Italy: Lago d'Averno

December 2018 Gates of Hell Lake Avernus according to the Romans was one of the entrances to Hades. The small circular lake sits in the...

Hungary: Győr

Győri Kármelhegyi Boldogasszony templom. April 2019 One of the day trips from Vienna was to Győr, Hungary. I never heard of the town,...

Germany: Dresden

Hausmannsturm Semperoper Fürstenzug Anleger der Elbdampfschiffahrt. July 2019 [from FB post: October 19, 2019] I visited East Germany in...

South Africa: Drakensberg Mountains

The Three Rondavels. July 1998 The Drakensberg Mountains are actually an escarpment that divides part of eastern South Africa into the...

China: the Bund, Shanghai

Balcony of the Peace Hotel, the Bund, Shanghai. April 1998 The Bund, Shanghai. April 1998 What to do with inconvenient history I am...

India: my holiday is your holiday

Kovalam Beach sunset. February 2010 [from FB post: September 7, 2013] Since FB chat tells you WHERE someone is chatting from, I finally...

UAE: Caribou Coffee, Dubai

July 2017 June 2019 I never even heard of Caribou Coffee before I went to Dubai. However, in a hotel with bad breakfast, the attached...

Philippines: Cassandra's Beach, Negros

The beach Road to Cassandra's Hotel/Restaurant. June 2016 Lemonade from Lemons? I was in Dumaguete as part of my trip through the...

Vietnam: Dalat

Dalat Cathedral Dalat Station Dalat cable car view. December 2007 My elementary and junior high school memories are filled with...

Sri Lanka: Colombo

Pagoda Tea Room Fort area Galle Face Green. December 2003 I loved Sri Lanka, but Colombo was "meh". We visited the island nation just...

Lebanon: a first glimpse of the sea

WMF sees the sea for the first time, the Corniche in Beirut. June 2019 I can't even imagine not having seen the sea until my mid-20s,...

Spain: A Coruña

Old Port Plaza Mayor Castelo de Santo Anton City Beach. July 2016 A Coruña is located at the very northwestern tip of the Iberian...

Israel: Akko

Old city walls Al-Jazzar Mosque. June 2018 My time in Israel was too short. I underestimated just how many things there were to see...

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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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