Eccentric people rule the world…
Okay, maybe not always. Most of life is a balance between those who are eccentric and those who live to keep them in check. Its why we have political parties,…
Travel afoot…
I would not advise it for something to do on a regular basis, but the past 36 hours have been “one of those days” that we – as sojourners –…
Everyday Paris…
To claim to know a city well, you must know the public transportation. Sure, I’m “comfortable” with the metro… but I hate bus systems in any city anywhere in the…
There’s always Paris…
…and for the second time in about 10 days, I am in Paris. Its always odd when things like this happen. Last year I was in New York City two…
Berlin is…
“Berlin is poor, but sexy!” That’s been deemed the new slogan for Berlin’s underground artsy slash “counter-culture” scene… well, that’s according to some SkyMall or Turkish Airlines magazine I saw…
Lingering history…
In a similar way that it sometimes is fascinating how fast people forget history, it is also just as fascinating how we simply live with the histories we have created…
Things that make ya go awww….
And they’ll make ya say awwww over and over again… I love visiting places a second time. Both my sister and I had both been to Prague before and done…
Moving west to center…
Its kinda odd to say that going to Prague is moving west, but we sat up in a couchette car through the night and made it to Prague quite early.…
A fraction of impact…
So… more than the 20 tons of human hair some still braided and knotted… …more than the enormous piles of shoes or mangled glasses frames or combs and shaving cream…
Roses and gold…
I have just been spending some time amongst the beauty of the structures… …and amongst the flowers… …and the flowers that float. But I think this one was a new…
And this is not a surprise…
If you take stock of everything in your life and think, “Wow, this is exactly where I want to be.” Then you are a truly blessed person. If you take…
Buda and Pest = Budapest…
So, who knew that Budapest, Hungary, is actually two cities now glued together? Well, it is. Both sides of the Danube River. And if you can’t tell from the above…