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...

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

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

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

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,...

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

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...

Yarmouk River with Golan Heights behind (note the border fence) Cave and fresh water pool Cave dining. June 2017 On top of the high...

Amazon Theatre, Manaus. August 2000. As part of our second trip to Brazil, which was all about the rainforest, we stopped off in Manaus...

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...

April 2019 Österreichische Nationalbibliothek At one time the internet was awash with photos of grand libraries of the world. Each time...

In Turkey having lunch before the flight to Istanbul. Cizre Hamaloğlu, Cizre August 2020 [from FB post: August 21, 2020] Headed across...

Lecco Lecco from Malgrate Lecco Malgrate San Giovanni Train Station platform Como Como August 2016 [from FB post: August 19, 2016] I...

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...

Brabantse Heuvel Fontein and Sint Jozefkirk, Tilburg. Typical house style, Tilburg August 2016 [from FB post: August 17, 2016] When what...

Aperitivo, Bologna. July 2016 [from FB post: July 21, 2016] Some things I have learned... The exterior of the buildings in Venice all...

Palace of Justice, The Hague. August 2016 [from FB post: August 14, 2016] Unbelievable travel moment... Actually two. One, I got to...

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...

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...

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...