“Mom, what country would you least want to visit?” Her answer: The Congo. Motherly Advice I think the first time I’d ever even heard of The Congo, was decades ago, as a curious kid, when I was asking my mom general questions about “the world.” “What country in the whole wide world is the most…
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You Missed A Spot What do Vatican City, Haiti, Lichtenstein and Andorra all have in common? I once happened to be thiiiiiiiis close to all of them, yet completely ignored them. A travesty, really, as today I spend hours and hours–days upon days–planning and plotting the perfect trip routes to make sure I include as…
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One of my favorite activities in life…ever…is receiving massages. You may not know it from the looks of my travel, but I’m actually quite the workaholic, and getting a massage every now and then helps me hold on to what little amount of sanity I have left. Enjoying an hour massage treatment is a way…
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A Sweet Surprise A long drive out of Barcelona and a scan through the local radio dial led me to radio station Canal Tres; which was playing sort of this 60’s “lounge music” show, with an announcer that sounded like he was hosting Sunday Night Slow Jams, only with a Spanish accent, as he described…
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Wham Bam I’d have just 29 hours in Bucharest, so I’d hit the ground running. Actually, sleeping…as I landed at 3AM. My taxi got pulled over for speeding on the way to the hotel, so I wasn’t asleep as soon as I wanted to be, but it was finally lights out at 4:30AM. I packed…
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I’ll never forget my first memory of Serbia and the very first thing that caught my eye as the taxi barreled down the highway from the airport into Belgrade: Towering over the city was this massive, gray building, consisting of two towers and a huge circular disk on top that looked like a giant flying…
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First Impressions I’ll never forget my first memory of Serbia and the first thing that caught my eye as the taxi barreled down the highway from the airport into town: Towering over the city was this massive gray building consisting of two towers and a huge circular disk on top that looked like a giant…
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The Quick Info There is a ferry! However it’s not the type of boat that most Americans envision when they hear the word “ferry.” It runs between Puerto Ita Enramada in Asunción, Paraguay and Puerto Pilcomayo in Clorinda, Argentina. Taxi drivers can get you there easily. For more details, including my story about crossing, read…
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