Beginnings – Atlanta to Venice, Croatia, and Albania
Albania, at first, was very similar in its governance to the rest of the Warsaw Pact nations of Eastern Europe in being closely aligned with, and in many respects …
2015 Journeys
Suez, Jordan, and Oman
Most everyone operating a shop was Indian although some were Omani, but everyone was unfailingly polite and engaging. Many shopkeepers will offer a gift of some sort either …
India and Sri Lanka
After leaving India we headed slightly south toward Sri Lanka, the tear-drop shaped island dangling off the end of India. Sri Lanka, formerly known under the British as …
Leaving India, Through Southeast Asia, and Home
George Town, as the name implies, was named for a British monarch, George III in fact, of American history fame (a history, at least regarding George III that is …
A Tale of Two Cities – NYC and Ottawa
We had changed reservations from the Hilton property, which was not near anything (the other Hilton choice was at a casino across the river in Quebec) to the Lord …
California the Long Way
As is the case with many National Parks and Monuments, Devil’s Postpile has adopted the shuttle bus to move people to and from the sights. We have used …
Delta Flight Museum
But the real biggie exhibit is the Boeing 767 parked in the hangar. This $30 million aircraft was actually purchased using donations from actual Delta Airlines employees in …
Third Time Across the Atlantic, Yet New Adventures
I was quite thrilled that our first landfall was to be the island of Madeira, a semi-autonomous outlying possession of Portugal. Landing there was one of the reasons …