Category: Travel

On the way home from our little jaunt we stopped at the world famous, Rock City! Now interestingly enough, I was born two hours north of here-and in my youth my family never took me here-not once. So now, some 40+ years later, I finally stopped to see what the

If you spend any appreciable time in the South, and especially if you drive off of the interstates and on the US routes-you are more than likely to pass a barn looking like this: Well, this weekend the S.O. and I did the circuit of the Tennessee mountains, covering 527

It occurred to me that I had forgotten to post one last set of pix from my ten week sojurn in Bucharest. Can’t let that happen. So here for your viewing pleasure are some shots from The peasant museum.Muzeul Taranului Roman in Romanian: The museum starts with a gallery of

I have been very lazy this weekend. The weather here is so hot-that if you spend any appreciable time outside you are just dripping in sweat. So yesterday I just read a book, Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett. I did go out and treat myself to a decent dinner-but soon

As mentioned earlier-last Sunday we went to Peles castle in Sinaia: I guess you could call it a castle-but to me it strikes me as more of a well appointed hunting lodge. It was built in 1881 by King Carol of Romania: I paid the 32 RON for a photo

New albumns posted this morning-a couple more to follow. For now you can visit Ameyoko, which is a neighborhood near Ueno Station. A great place to people watch and buy things for less money. Tsukiji Fish Market.

The picture in the previous post is the “Zero Milestone” which is located at Nihon Bashi. All road distances were supposed to be measured in Japan from this point-and it was the place that the Shogun ordered 5 roads built from the old capital of Edo. ( Now Tokyo). The

Tomorrow begins the Memorial Day weekend. The S.O. and I are on the first leg of a pilgrimage to the correct side of the International Date Line. With the exception of one glorious week last year-this is my first time back to that location in two years. TWO YEARS!  That’s