Jordan. In the town of Petra is a huge and interesting archeological sight. It is a sprawling mass of rock cliffs in which you can see carved tombs (and some are elaborately carved tombs) from the very early times of…
Yearly Archives: 2017
Home Awaits
Coming home. I can travel for months and keep my zest for discovery alive and well. But as my departure for home draws near, there is some amount of fondness for the home hearth that starts to burn. With only…
Posted in Thinking Travel
Moscow subway art
Russia has been in the daily news forever, it seems. And I was standing in line the other day and overheard people discussing the art in Moscow underground stations. AN IDEA FOR A POST!!! Travel by subway is very efficient…
Posted in Just for Fun
Salem Sojourn
Salem, Massachusetts. Witches, ghosts and goblins step into the spotlight in Salem on Halloween, October 31st, creating mobs of revelers in the downtown. I like admiring the different hats. In their own way, the hats rival those at the Ascot.…
Posted in Found in the USA
Ebora Megalith Tour
Portugal. In the early Neolithic Era, in what is now the town of Almendres, somebody lugged multiple boulders to a hillside and set them in formation. These stones were 6-8 feet tall and placed in a symmetrical pattern on the length…
Posted in World Glimpses
