image | Wikipedia
Quick, what’s Africa’s largest country? If you said Congo, Libya, or South Africa, well, yes, they’re certainly up there, but the answer is Libya’s (plus Morocco’s and Tunisia’s)...
30/09/2016
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photo | stevekeiretsu
As this blog has mentioned before, Portugal's lovely, balmy Atlantic island of Madeira and its capital Funchal, but this time I'd like to go into a little more detail about one of...
29/09/2016
photos | Puerto Rico Tourism Company
Sure, San Juan is always fun and lively. But there are certain times of year when Puerto Rico's seaside capital pulls out all the stops...
27/09/2016
photo | Alberto Elosegi/ARGIA.com
Several weeks ago I poured you some refreshing sidra (cider) from northern Spain’s Principality of Asturias. But as we move into autumn apple-harvest season...
26/09/2016
photo | Aktron/Wikimedia Commons
As one of the great hsitoric cities of the world, the capital of Hungary feels naturally cinematic (and certainly the locals are film buffs par excellence). Over the years,...
23/09/2016
-Cuatro Vientos Airport, 22 September 1946
“Good afternoon, sir. Would you be so kind as to step on the scale…”
“Scale?? To weigh me? Why?”
“Maintaining total weight control on a flight...
22/09/2016
photo | aodaodaodaod
Glorious old Granada, Andalusia is on the small side as Spanish cities go (pop. 238,000), and its city coat of arms declares it to be "noble, loyal, renowned, great,...
20/09/2016
photo | David Kay
The United States can claim a number of marvelous destinations that offer a unique sense of place, attractions, and traditions: Key West, South Miami Beach, New Orleans – and...
19/09/2016
photo | Jekurantodistaja
Ach, du liebe! It’s that sudsy time of year again, as Germany’s Oktoberfest is upon us. When many of us think “beer”, Deutschland naturally springs readily to mind...
16/09/2016
photo | Dieter Mueller
When I started visiting one of Cuba’s earliest settlements (founded in 1514), down in the central south coast some five or so hours from Havana, in the...
15/09/2016
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