Oceania

Underground

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Here’s a disgusting story from the first city on our tour next year: “‘Walls of fat’ removed from London’s sewers”. We’ll be spending some time underground next year in the London Tube and Paris Metro system, but they’re clean―London more than Paris―and safe. They’re certainly not as beautiful as this particular Swedish subway system, though [...]

Home, Home Again

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

I like to be here when I can.
Every time I leave Tucson for an extended period of time, such as when I left to teach in Asia and South America and the two times I traveled with students to Europe, I always appreciated the Old Pueblo more when I returned. No doubt you’ll get [...]

Unusual, Weird, and Bizarre

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

I don’t always post the links I collect in my travels on the Interests in a timely manner, but here are some I think are interesting. Maybe they’ll inspire you to visit.
The first lists “10 Unusual Playgrounds from Around the World”. Number 3, Clemyjontri Park in Virginia, isn’t so much unusual as it is inclusive [...]

Rome’s Catacombs

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

If you’ve ever seen Cities of the Underworld on History, you know that amazing sites and secrets lie beneath surface of the world’s urban centers and rural areas. Here’s a neat video from a BBC article on the underground burial sites in Italy’s capital.

Find out more with this brief article written by Rick Steves, “Rome’s [...]

Overhyped, Unspoiled, and Underground

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Here’re three interesting pieces with ideas and opinions about where and where not to spend precious vacation time. The first, from the pages of Foreign Policy, details five places that don’t live up their (former) promise: “The World’s Most Overhyped Vacation Spots”.
Then Matador Trips offers some alternative destinations to avoid the crush of the fourth [...]