Thursday, October 10th, 2013
You don’t need a passport or have to worry about clearing customs if Napa is your destination. Traveling through the Valley feels almost like you’ve been transported to another land in another time. It may not be another continent, but it is another country: wine country. During a week touring San Francisco with my long-time
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
Slightly smaller than West Virginia, Costa Rica ranks as one of the wildest and most wonderful destinations on the planet for tourists. I traveled there by myself a few years ago, meeting a friend who was visiting...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Of all the countries I’ve traveled in this world, it was Egypt that made me faint. It wasn’t the sheer wonder of the pyramids that caused the weakness in my knees; it was the extreme heat, the...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
We are all pilgrims on the journey of life, and some of us choose to turn this metaphor into reality. These determined individuals embark on a difficult endeavor known as a pilgrimage, and one such journey is...
Monday, March 18th, 2013
Without fail, every time we visit Barcelona, someone in my family manages to get swindled on the obligatory walk down the city’s exhilarating La Rambla. The famous promenade is charged and alive. Crowded from day until dusk,...
Monday, January 14th, 2013
You don’t need to read Japanese to interpret the sign warning you not to push anyone onto the subway tracks. That’s one of the first things I noticed in Tokyo: the animated, action-packed street signs showing lanky...
Monday, January 14th, 2013
It is amazing that the Athenians had so much insight into mankind’s fundamental values – even in the 5th century BC. They encouraged balance – building the Acropolis to include a place to perfect their bodies, which...
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Saturday morning rolls around, and you’re looking for a new way to entertain the kids. It’s too cold to go outside, but you can’t be trapped in your home any longer. Before succumbing to a television marathon...
Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
Freedom is a concept so taken for granted in the U.S. that it’s simply not possible to imagine life any other way. Freedom to speak, go to school, write, change jobs, get married, defend ourselves, move about...