“It’s shit!” our driver bemoaned as he maneuvered his 4WD along the dirt track. We were bouncing around Hvar Island on a unique tour called Secret Hvar, an excursion that brought us to viewpoints off…
The two women, dressed similarly in jeans and warm jackets, admired the cat sitting on our fleece jackets. The warm afternoon sun had sunk below the buildings, putting us in complete shadow, and the air…
“Put your hands out,” the archeologist encouraged us. “And stretch your fingers over the megalith and feel the vibrations.” We tried, and kept trying, but our fingers weren’t quite feeling the vibrations so much as…
We sat in one of the tight passageways of the city, dark except for the street lamps’ yellowish light gleaming on the stone block buildings and slanting off the sleek paving stones of the pedestrian-only…
During our stay in Prague, we had two chances to meditate on death, or rather meditate on meditations on death. This is not our usual habit while touring, but we were encouraged to do so…
For centuries, in the eastern part of Poland and Slovakia, as well as the western part of Ukraine, the secular world has been quite unsettled. Russia, Germany/Prussia, Austro-Hungary, Tatars, Mongols and even Sweden – all…
It’s all about the journey, not the destination. We’ve all heard that line before, whether noted about the potential of travel or preached about life’s passage. Over the years, for us, travel journeys have usually…
Molded by hand out of dust and clay, like the Adam of Genesis, and given life by invoking God, the legendary golem carried a dual power. Intended as a protector of the Jewish community from…
Often travel is best when it surprises. Even when we plan the arc of our trips - X days here, check out this site there, Y days here, and so on - we keep things…
Most of us vaguely recall the story. Some duke gets killed in Eastern Europe and all hell breaks loose in World War 1. That story gets a new depth with a visit to Zakem Konopiste…