Mostrar is a city in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Mostrar, I walked by many building frames that had been hollowed out in a 1993 attack during Yugoslavia’s civil war. One had a sign warning of danger if…
Yearly Archives: 2018
Loire Châteaux
Tattoo’s Chapter 15, speaks to my road trip from Orléans to Nantes in the Loire Valley in France: “I had my rental car, my road map, a pocket castle guide and an imagination full of smart, fun, colorful dragons.” The…
Posted in Just for Fun
Kayakoy
Kayakoy, Turkey. In the green hills by the sea, you can walk to the shell of what once was a church. Why was it abandoned? The surrounding ancient stone houses too seemed devoid of life, save an occasional roaming turtle. This…
Posted in World Glimpses
Reichstag Dome
Berlin. The German Parliament Building is a one of a kind. But like other capitol buildings, it had a dome. Unlike other capitols, it had a huge metal dome, over 150 feet high. I had to send away for an…
Posted in World Glimpses
Muskogee, OK
Although my AAA Tour Book didn’t list much to see in Muskogee, I had to go there. I was singing Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee” for all I was worth when I passed the town limits. I stopped for gas. My feet…
Posted in Found in the USA
