Books I love as I travel
At first glance, it’s hard to imagine two women more different than Jane Austen and Mary Shelley. Jane Austen, born 250 years ago, in 1775, never married. She did accept Continue Reading →
My economics history professor was telling us about settlers “in the Chesapeake Bay”. I had just arrived from Europe, was studying in Chicago and had no idea what place he Continue Reading →
It had been a long time since Malta, lost in the middle of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily but on the same latitude as Tunisia, attracted me. I’ve just spent Continue Reading →
Almost thirty-seven years between the two trips. In the summer of 1988, we were traveling in a recreational vehicle with my two brothers and my parents, who were showing us Continue Reading →
In this blog I have often talked about film adaptations of novels I’ve read. Most of the time, but not always, I read the book first before seeing the film. Continue Reading →
My first visit to Saint-Malo was when I was a Scout patrol leader. We began our three-day hike at Mont Saint-Michel. The leaders then set us an itinerary in Britanny Continue Reading →
Probably the most famous cadence whistles in cinema history. As I was spending a day exploring the Bangkok area, my Lonely Planet reminded me that the famous “Bridge over the Continue Reading →
One of the reasons I write this blog is that I like to read novels that describe the place I’m traveling to. For my recent stay in Montevideo, I chose Continue Reading →
Can a square become a circle? It’s the inverse of the classic geometric problem of squaring a circle. A visit to Borobudur on the Indonesian island of Java gave me Continue Reading →
Saudi Arabia remained an enigma for me, like a blank on the world map. In 1993, I made a long trip to Asia, from Yemen to Hong Kong, but being Continue Reading →