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...
Jordan: Al Himma
Yarmouk River with Golan Heights behind (note the border fence) Cave and fresh water pool Cave dining. June 2017 On top of the high...
Brazil: Amazon Theatre, Manaus
Amazon Theatre, Manaus. August 2000. As part of our second trip to Brazil, which was all about the rainforest, we stopped off in Manaus...
Belgium: Antwerp Central Station
August 2018 On my first trip to Belgium, I originally planned to stay in Brussels and just do day trips around the country since every...
Vienna: Austrian State Library
April 2019 Österreichische Nationalbibliothek At one time the internet was awash with photos of grand libraries of the world. Each time...
Turkey: escape
In Turkey having lunch before the flight to Istanbul. Cizre HamaloÄŸlu, Cizre August 2020 [from FB post: August 21, 2020] Headed across...
Italy: Lake Como
Lecco Lecco from Malgrate Lecco Malgrate San Giovanni Train Station platform Como Como August 2016 [from FB post: August 19, 2016] I...
UAE: brands from home
Dubai Mall August 2013 [from FB post: August 19, 2013] OK PA friends.... what do you say about this? When I was in London a couple of...
Netherlands: victims of history
Brabantse Heuvel Fontein and Sint Jozefkirk, Tilburg. Typical house style, Tilburg August 2016 [from FB post: August 17, 2016] When what...
Italy: travel notes from Emilia Romagna
Aperitivo, Bologna. July 2016 [from FB post: July 21, 2016] Some things I have learned... The exterior of the buildings in Venice all...
Netherlands: International Court of Justice
Palace of Justice, The Hague. August 2016 [from FB post: August 14, 2016] Unbelievable travel moment... Actually two. One, I got to...
Italy: Bergamo
Entrance gate to the Citta Alta Old town from the castle hill Piazza Vecchia July 2015 [from FB post: July 29, 2015] Imagine what would...
Spain: Ponferrada
Castillo de los Templarios. August 2016 [from FB post: August 6, 2016] Just back from the thing to see here, the castle. It was a great...
Round the World I: Beijing to Athens
PROLOGUE Back in the days when we all still read newspapers, the Sunday edition was best. At the end of my time in Washington, DC before...
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?...