A Traveler in the Forei...
Filed under: Europe , Macedonia , Kosovo When I worked at the American Embassy in Skopje, I looked forward to visiting Kosovo. Not because I liked the place, but because I wanted junk food. American junk food. I’m talking Hostess cupcakes, Chips Ahoy, Jif Peanut Butter and the...Rent the Acropolis for ...
Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Europe , Greece , News Desperate times require desperate measures. That seems to be the mantra coming out of Greece these days, where the country has gone from debating whether or not it should lease out the Acropolis to just how much they should...Haiti: the rocky road t...
Filed under: Festivals and Events , Haiti , United States , News , Travel Health , Cruises Haiti was hit by a massive earthquake a little over two years ago, flattening homes, school buildings, and businesses; pretty much transforming the entire city of Port Au Prince into rubble. Relief...Prague’s astronom...
Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Europe , Czech Republic The famous astronomical clock that is Prague’s most popular tourist attraction has lost some star players for the next two months. The four outside figures, including a skeletal Death, have been removed...
10 best national parks ...
Filed under: Biking , Climbing , Arts and Culture , Hiking , History , Learning , Photos , South America , Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Camping , Ecotourism In South America , there are myriad diverse landscapes, unique flora, and endemic fauna to experience. With so...
Bletchley Park: see whe...
Filed under: History , Learning , Europe , United Kingdom You’d never know by looking at the cluster of nondescript buildings that they were the scene of the single most important effort to defeat Nazi Germany. During World War Two , Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, England, was...
Vagabond Tales: How to ...
Filed under: Stories , South America , Guatemala , Ecotourism , Budget Travel This may sound strange, but one of my favorite aspects of international travel has to do with liability, or rather, the lack of it. Although the age of personal responsibility seems to have gone the way of the...
An interview with Nik W...
Filed under: North America , Canada , United States Nik Wallenda is a 32-year-old Florida native who plans to walk on a tightrope across Niagara Falls this summer. He’s a seventh generation daredevil who performs with his wife, and a dozen other Wallenda family relatives at venues...