Tag Archives: history There are some sights – no matter how many times they have been shown in photos or on film – that you just have to see for yourself. Sure, there are stock images online that are taken in better weather conditions and from better angles, and the hosts of travel programs get superior entry and […]  On a long, circuitous drive that my husband and I made around the United States, we managed to hit the southernmost point of Key West (see: Mile Zero and Hemingway’s Cats). As much as I would have loved to stay in that delightful, laid-back island-city, it was far too expensive! A motel room in the […]  Peace. Is there such a thing? At the moment – at least in my corner of the world – there is an absence of war. Given the current political climates internationally, this absence of war does not feel like “peace”. It feels like a precarious balance of competing tensions: a temporary truce, while one holds […]  I love Europe! I love the history in the stones and buildings. I love the food and wine. I love how every place is so different from its neighbour. I love how accessible those places (generally) are by rail, and how train journeys are (usually) clean, safe and efficient. Of course, we were travelling the […]  Sometimes, it would be nice to have a tour guide. Someone, for example, who speaks English and the local language, and who knows where the ticket-office is. Someone who can give you an idea of what to expect, and can tell you a bit about what you are seeing. If I had been willing to […] |
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