We're talking here about freedom, something that seems to be in short supply in this time and place. Clouds hang over so many countries, all at once. A handful of very wealthy and loud autocrats have taken control of most of what is ours and now tell us what to do and what…
. . . . 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! …
Did you hear about the two atomic bombs that got into an argument?
They had a fallout.
‘It made me weep to see it.” Samuel Pepys.
Winter is well on the way where we are, and where we are, snow is also the thing. At this time of year, skiing takes over almost everyone's attention as the volley for spots on the slopes. Skiing is a heady adventure, but it's also not without its twists and turns, ankles included.…
“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
“Al mal tiempo, buena cara.”
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.
I do fireworks, shovel snow and live life.
Let’s give you a little history lesson, shall we?
Visit the San Francisco of Russia.
Are you ready to rock?
London is a modern Babylon. Dig in, baby.
The codeshare concept is only as efficient as the airlines. Do your homework.
Find your soul in the Blue Grotto
Live Today, Tomorrow Will Cost More
“From the heights of the Pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.” Napoleon.
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
“Ronda is the place where to go, if you are planning to travel to Spain for a honeymoon or for being with a girlfriend.” Hemingway.
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…