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...
Eastern York County: flights of fancy
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...
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...
King Khalid University
King Khalid University, Abha. October 2013 [from FB post: December 7, 2013] Yesterday I went to the "new KKU" campus. First of all, it...
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...
Saudi Arabia: holidays
Abha from Nahran Mountain. December 24, 2013 [from FB post: May 12, 2014] I don't know what to make of Saudi Arabia in terms of...
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 ...
Iraq: a very short story
From the Albertina Collection, Vienna. May 2019 Lalish Yazidi Temple, Duhok Province June 2020 [from FB post: May 3, 2019] Revan At...
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...
