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France: Strasbourg

Cathedral entrance La Petite France La Petite France, Strasbourg. March 1993 First visit to France! On Matt's First Big Trip to...

USA: Space Shuttle Launch

Somewhere a few miles from the Kennedy Space Center. March 1988 We were in Orlando visiting Disney and heard there was to be a space...

Spain: Alhambra

Alhambra Palace, Granada. January 2018 The highlight of my week in Antequera [see: Antequera] was the visit to Alhambra in Granada. ...

Switzerland: Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen. March 1993 After visiting the famously disappointing Rheinfall [see: Rheinfall], on our way back to Germany we had to pass...

USA: the Alamo

Alamo, San Antonio, TX. January 1984 Misión San Antonio de Valero On my winter trip to Texas in January 1984 I spent a lot of time in...

Oman: Al Muttrah

Seaside Esplanade, Al Muttrah. March 2016 If in the pre-modern age, Muscat was really Oman, then Al Muttrah port was really Muscat. ...

Philippines: Boracay

Second Station Beach, Boracay. February 2011 That Boracay Vacation Chinese New Year was approaching and we wanted to get out of...

Qatar: Doha

Doha. March 2015 I wasn't even supposed to visit Qatar. I had a whole trip planned to Bangladesh, but there was political unrest and my...

Vienna: Art History Museum

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. April 2019 What a strangely translated name into English, but in German it must sound less didactic and more "usual". This museum and its twin across the plaza (Museum of Natural History) were built in the waning years of the Hapsburg Empire. Ground was broken in 1871 and it was completed 20 years later. The word luxe does not even begin to describe this art museum. It may be one of the finest purpose-built art museums ever made - o

Spain: Antequera

Alcazaba, Antequera, Spain. January 2018 The Heart of Andalucia Even southern Spain in January is cold, and Antequera is not on the...

Vienna: Albertina Museum

Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria April 2019 One surprise discovery on my mostly rainy Vienna holiday was the small Albertina Museum. ...

Australia: Byron Bay

Cape Byron, New South Wales, Australia April 2006 On the Brisbane trip to Australia, one of the highlights of that journey was to be...

Italy: Alassio

Spotti Cafe, Alassio. February 2019 It was late February on the Ligurian coast so I really couldn't hope for balmy weather. Based in...

Bahrain: Amwaj Island

Amwaj Island, Bahrain. March 2015 Final hours in Bahrain I started my short time in Bahrain with my Saudi friends from Abha, but ended...

Malaysia: Batang Ai

Longhouse, Batang Ai, Sarawak, Malaysia. February 1997 Headhunters!!! On the Big Borneo Adventure we ended up at a Hilton property in...

Morocco: Voyageurs Station, Casablanca

High speed rail terminus, Station Casa-Voyageurs, Casablanca, Morocco. December 2019 The Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station was directly...

Hungary: Palatschinke

Palacsinta, Baross Gábor utca, Györ, Hungary. April 2019 [from FB post: May 16, 2019] "Palatschinke" - this brought back great memories ...

Czech Republic: Brno

Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Brno, Czech Republic. April 2019 Pivovar Lucky Bastard, Brno. April 2019 When I was kid, I think in...

Italy: Livorno

Latte macchiato, Mediterraneo, Quartiere la Venezia Fortezza Vecchia Fried Calamari, Il Chiosco del Porto February 2019 Leghorn Leave...

France: Colmar

Old City, Colmar, France. March 1993 On the visit to Strasbourg, France on Matt's First Great German Adventure, we drove south a short...

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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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