South Street Seaport. July 2010 I am usually the guy who hates the touristy places that everyone else visits, but I give an exemption to...

Al Hadaba, Asir. May 2018. [from FB post: May 25, 2016] The hardship of being far away from home: in this case, I am a contract...

Broad Street, Milford. October 2009 [from FB post: May 29, 2010] Just back from a lovely dinner with friends at Hotel Fauchere. It's...

Skiing, Yamagata Zao. February 1986 Zao-san, a mountain straddling Honshu's spine was locally famous in both Sendai and Yamagata-city...

Trencin Castle. April 2019 On my mostly rain-cursed stay in Vienna, I did have a few sunny days. I made the most of them by taking day...

Varkala Beach, Kerala. February 2010 Notes from the Kerala Holiday: After finishing the famous Kerala Backwater tour on a traditional...

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

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...

April 1973 That same tree. April 2022 (photo credit BFC) Echoes K Miss Witmer was my kindergarten teacher. She had long blond hair...

Arab News, August 1, 2015 [from FB post: May 14, 2014] Am I worried about MERS? no. I am worried that I live in the country with the...

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

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

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...

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

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

Over York County. May 2022 (photo credit SW) Hats off to old high school pals SW and BC for posting to FB a glorious set of photos of...

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...

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. April 2019 What a strangely translated name into English, but in German it must sound less didactic...

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

King Khalid University, Abha. October 2013 [from FB post: December 7, 2013] Yesterday I went to the "new KKU" campus. First of all, it...