Pictures and information on a few of the places we have visited (in general, I don’t think of this as a travel blog!).
Some breakups are painful – “Breaking up is hard to do“… There are the famous breakups; John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Ike and Tina Turner, Shaq and Kobe. The Germans blew up the bridge connecting Sturovo and Esztergom on their way out-of-town. It was a painful breakup… Read More ›
The best things in life are free. The second best things in life cost 75 dollars, last an hour, and land in Venice. As they say, “Life is good”. DanubeWings zipped us down from Bratislava and back uneventfully and threw in a chocolate… Read More ›
Takahiko-san is a delightful, tiny Japanese woman; gregarious and multi-lingual, an aging school marm with a neat as a pin hair bun. She’s also a relentless stalker. After rambling around Cheung Chau Island, I stroll thru the food courts before jumping the ferry back to… Read More ›
Corporate America sent me to Hong Kong last week. It’s a mixed blessing, never quite the dream vacation my friends imagine but a chance to experience a place I’ve never seen. With Pat out-of-town for four weeks, there’s no use whining. … Read More ›
Minarets and beggars, exotic bazaars and 15 million people, crumbling buildings amid 15 hundred year old churches, haunting calls to prayer echoing thru the streets, a Sultan’s ornately adorned palace, … that’s Istanbul. People ask me if I liked… Read More ›
