The Camino de Santiago: How I Started: “A pilgrimage across northern Spain to the sanctuary at Santiago de Compostela is the finest journey in Spain.” wrote James Michener in Iberia. This post was written in early 2014, as I began...
5 Things to Know about Europe Grocery Stores
Grocery stores in Europe: If you haven’t had the good fortune to visit one yet, you’re in for a treat. If you already know how great they are, please add more tips in the Comment section. When I go...
Street Performers: The Surprise of Every Trip
I always look forward to street performers when I travel. To turn a corner and find a magician, or to be drawn to happy music nearby. It’s amazing to see what performers do with their talent…or what they’ve created...
Photo Gallery: People of Istanbul
The people of Istanbul seem unaware that they are 15 million, each one a resident of Europe’s biggest city. No, they move through their day as if in a small village: shopping at the local greengrocer, sitting in the...
Window Shopping: Photos from Europe
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Window shopping: To look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases. (Verb, originating 1925-1930) One of the unfortunate consequences of American shopping malls is the demise of an authentic...
Travel & Adventure Shows 2017
This weekend I will be at the Chicago Travel & Adventure Show. Two days with over 200 exhibitors, four stages of lectures and demonstrations, and tons of prizes! Not in the Chicago area? Visit the Travel & Adventure Show...
What We Can Learn From Europeans–Part 2
Follow my blog with Bloglovin “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” Sage advice from St. Augustine, who was born in 354. I don’t know where he visited, to cause him...
What We Can Learn from Europeans–Part 1
Follow my blog with Bloglovin What We Can Learn from Europeans: Part 1 Guess what? There’s a whole world outside the United States of America. And here’s the shocker: They pay attention to us. They get up in the...