. . . . I go to Rio, de Janeiro. My oh, me oh. Can you think of a more saucy and exciting place that you've never visited, but have always promised yourself that you would? That's Rio, then. What could be better than that? Oh, we know! …
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“Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany.”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Here we go again, literally and figuratively. We've written yet another post about rail, and we're not ashamed. We've traveled over much of the planet, and the planet is crying out to us that rail is the way to go. Comfortable. Predicable, cost effective, relaxing, expansive, economical and an epiphany if you…
Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How’d they get so rich? Because they’re free.
P. J. O’Rourke
For some of us, driving a car is either an annoying or a harrowing experience. And this mild terror could exist even if we're "pretty good" drivers. But there are so many factors that come into play when we step in behind the wheel. Your editor drives, but only when required. (…
Every time that we visit the big Italian cities, we often walk away scratching our heads. As we understand it, the The Room of the Last Supper on Mount Zion, just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, but all of the paintings appear to be somewhere else, with Milan suspiciously appearing…
On January 31, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. PST, the United Kingdom made the stupidest "decision" in modern-day thinking. It was Brexit (British Exit) where by a paper-thin majority, Britain left the European Union, an idiotic move that still brings pain to the UK and to Europe. What were they thinking? Maybe nothing at…
We don't feature him as much as we should (we'll correct that) but Davud Akhundzada is, to us, the gentleman tour guide if history is your thing, like it is ours, especially if it's far-flung places where you might (wrongly) question your desire to tread. Once a corporate lug like so many of us, from…
Statistics suggest that flying commercial is still the safest way to travel. So keep enjoying yourself.
