Vesuvio Is A Bar In San Francisco
I spent a morning last week in San Francisco doing unrelated things on the far end of North Beach and ended up walking back through the neighborhood to get to…
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Provence Encore!
It was my last few days in Provence, in France, and in Europe. Arles is one of my favorite towns and I spent a couple of days revisiting it and…
Churches And Cloisters In Aix
Visiting churches, cathedrals, and basilicas when I travel is more about architectural history and archaeology rather than in my being a religious person. The two churches I visited in Aix-en-Provence…
The Village of Ventabren
Ventabren is a small village about 9-miles northwest of Aix-en-Provence. Going there was a twenty-minute day-trip that I took by local bus from Aix. The town is home to the…
Cezanne’s Studio Aix-en-Provence
It's a climb to get to Paul Cezanne's studio halfway up the hill from town, on the avenue named after him. While the garden gives a respite from the strong…
Grey Days In Great Britain
I've never spent much time in Great Britain and when I have gone there, it is usually to London. Great Britain has always been a bit out of my budget…
The Jewish Cemetery In Prague
It was a place I felt I had to visit. Not a place I could really write about at the time. It was a cool spring day, the grass was…
Om Shasta
Om Shasta is what I call anything to do with Mount Shasta, in Northern California. Not because of the Buddhist Monastery that is near the town, but because the mountain…
Getting Lost At Coba
Coba was one of the archaeological sites that I visited that was *in* the jungle. Trees, trees, everywhere. This site covers a large area in the jungle between Tulum and…
Archaeology On A Whim
Ek Balam was one of those off the beaten track archaeological sites - it didn't have many visitors. But it did have me one day ... The place was really…
Is It A Beach Or An Archaeological Site
Tulum has two wonderful qualities about it - it is both a beach destination and an archaeological site. It sits right on a cliff overlooking the clearest, bluest, sea water…
Looking For The Magician In Uxmal
The site of Uxmal is completely different than that of Chichen-Itza. The landscape made me feel like I could easily be wandering around in my home state. As I was…