My birthday, Magaw Place, Washington Heights July 24, 1989 [from FB posts: August 16, 2012] I just went through a marathon review of...

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

Old Pike County Jail, Milford. October 2010 [from FB post: August 15, 2011] Just back from visiting a friend in the Pike County...

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...

Me and Kan-chan...I think we were at Kinkarou, MS's Uncle's place. Oh yeah... I'm eating whale meat sashimi.... ummmmmmmmmmm. Onagawa,...

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...

** Note: all headings in italic and underlined indicate a travel journal entry which indicate the date written and location. At times they do not match the timeline exactly. Italicized passages are the notes I wrote on the journey. [Continued from Round the World I: Sendai to Beijing (1)] May 1987 CHINA Beijing (departure) Beijing Railway Station As usual with an early morning departure, I barely slept. I woke early and navigated all the buses and subways necessary be

East India House, German Institute, University of Amsterdam. East India House, German Institute, University of Amsterdam. July 2017...

Milan. July 2015 [from FB post: August 6, 2014] Can we explore sandwiches? Seriously... how is it something so simple can be so sublime?...

Elbe River. July 2019 [from FB post: July 26, 2022] Real life update: on the train between Prague and Dresden in the Elbe Valley. Super...

Cathedral July 2015 [from FB post: July 27, 2015] Oops...time to post something lest the social media zombie world think I've become...

Porta Genoa. August 2014 [from FB post: August 6, 2014] Milan is a city of contrasts. You see things that just are amazing and take...

Santo Ildefonso Torre da C.M. Ribeira view from Dom Luis I Bridge [from FB post: July 25, 2016] Report from Porto: this city just does...

roof pool, Landmark Tower. March 2011 [from FB post: July 27, 2011] Just talked to the housekeeper in Singapore. Lightening stuck one...

Milan August 2014 [from FB post: August 5, ,2014] I just spent all morning trying to change UK Pounds to Euros. No banks offer money...

Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Zaragoza Burgos Cathedral. July 2015 [from FB post: July 22, 2015} My 4 hour train journey really...

Old house, Alfama, Lisbon. August 2016 [from FB post: August 6, 2016] Loving a Place to Death Judging from comments from the locals...

Milano Centrale. August 2014 [from FB post: August 5, 2014] OK friends...two comments so far. They simply do NOT make train stations...

Sunset Boulevard views, Dipolog. July 2017 [from FB post: July 7, 2017} Reporter on site: You know President Duterte has declared martial...

Queen Victoria Memorial Clocktower, Georgetown Penang. December 2005 [from FB post: July 11, 2017] From many moons ago: Once I was...