Djenne: A Haven for Bandits, Otherworldly Mosques
Mali: Founded around 800 AD by merchants, Djenne, Mali is a city of mud swathed in the haze of cooking fires and blowing sand.
Cuenca, Ecuador’s Popular Pretty City
Cuenca Ecuador: Max Hartshorne visits this historic city filled with American expats and rides horses in the hills.
Rome: A New Life in an Old City
Rome: A guide from an American Expat on Living and Working in Rome, Italy.
Transnistria: The Country That Doesn’t Exist
Visiting Transnistria, a country that has its own constitution, its own army, its own currency, but technically does not exist, is Transnistria a country?
Ukraine: A Visit to Chernobyl
Chernobyl: Visiting Ukraine to see the remains of the nuclear power accident of 1985 and the ghost city of Pripyat, Ukraine.
Biking Cape Cod: On the Trail of Henry David Thoreau
By Karl Meyer Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a Harvard-educated writer, naturalist, philosopher, and political dissident who lived in Concord, Massachusetts. He is best known […]
Stowe, Vermont: Bring On the Snow!
Stowe, Vermont in the winter for skiing, cozy dining and the von Trapp Family Lodge.
Travel As Education: A Mom’s Year on the Road with Daughters
A single mother departs her life in Europe to travel with her daughters, education by learning, learning by traveling, and why for some it's better…