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My long time readers remember that I am enamored by doors, windows and alleys when I travel. I always do a separate post for every site just for doors, and usually windows. In Zanzibar, they make a truly outlandish effort at having wonderful doors. They even sell little door replicas as souvenirs. Also, if you read my last two posts you [...]

I think I have remembered all the planes I have flown on since I started traveling in the 1960′s. That was tough. I started traveling as a child in the Midwest, then to South America, and then, well all over. Douglass The first plane I remember flying on was  a North Central Airlines DC- 3 My father worked for North [...]

WordPress does an interesting job of compiling mundane facts about blogs on their service. I thought I would share this with my readers just so you know you are not alone! I also feel like maybe you would want to see a re-post of some of my favorite photos of the year, so here goes. They are not in any particular order, [...]

I travel because I  love to travel. I love planes and trains. I even love airports. I am a travel blogger because I love to write. Hopefully you love to read what I write. That is the only reason I have a blog at all, because I really like the idea that someone, somewhere is reading what I write. I [...]

Just in case there is someone reading this who is not at least somewhat familiar with the legend about Our Lady of Fatima, I will give you a brief irreverent rundown. If you want more, you can always go to Wikipedia, but my version is more fun! Fatima is a small village about two hours drive out of Lisbon, Portugal.  In [...]

The Kingdom of Bhutan does not make it hard for a traveler to visit, it is just hard to get there. When I first started reading about traveling to Bhutan I was led to understand that only a certain number of visitor visas were issued in a year, and that you had to go with a government approved guide service [...]

This is a simple photo essay. The photos were all taken in medieval towns in Umbria. 

I do not know where to start about my last ten days in Italy, so I guess I’ll start at the start. Back in December ’11 I ran across a website called Travel Bloggers Unite. Dyslexic as I am I thought it said Travel Bloggers Untie, so I perused it. Oliver, the head honcho (maybe the sole honcho) at TBU [...]

When I was young, I remember commenting aloud that in the future cars should be something people ride in, not drive. A person would just hop in, say where you want to go, then sit back and read a newspaper. People laughed at me. Today, I experienced that world, except that now a person just reads their Iphone. The future [...]