Articles about or from ancient cities around the world
Travel Journal Overview: Not knowing a thing about a city when you arrive can be good. But maybe not when you have a Lonely Planet as your guide. I arrived from the train stacked up on Red Bull after a night of difficult sleep due to the door continuously sliding open. I made a makeshift …
Continue reading “Arriving into Budapest, damn Lonely Planet”
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Travel Journal Overview: I’d long since waited to to visit the concentration camps. Not for any other reason, other than I think the world has forgotten … Bed early… except for the old guy opposite me who insisted on keeping his laptop on all night (sometimes with all the MS beeps and chirps). Early next …
Continue reading “Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, a long time coming”
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Travel Journal Overview: 2.5 years previously Granada had eluded me. This time I would not let a chance to visit this beautiful area slip away. My Spanish, sucks, but with my LP at my side and hotel.com directions on an adopted Madrid family’s print out map, I could have made it to the hotel without …
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Travel Journal Overview: I was back in Spain. I had internet, and the world had indeed changed, as had I. Madrid was my first proper stop over on my return from Africa. Of course the bags and plane were delayed. And a recapped visit to Portugal kept everyone waiting. But my Spanish friend waited patiently …
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Travel Journal Overview: Central Portugal, a great place to visit. Journal entries are still via hand. Famous for it’s chapel do osos (chapel of bones). Here’s a high quality photograph of the famous interior of chapel de ossos There’s actually a surprising amount to do in Evora, Portugal. From Toman ruins (above) to ancient aquaducts. …
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Travel Journal Overview: Like a lot of my first entries, they are hand written in my journal, not got around to putting them up here yet. Beautiful Church in Faro Faro did not offer up much. At least not at the time. Too caught up in freedom – I was. Nonetheless it is a beautiful …
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Travel Journal Overview: I was finally on my own. Two countries behind I knew one person, now for the long road ahead I would know no one. I was also entering into one of those childhood wish list places. Transylvania. My alarm sounded, we were approaching Brasov, and it was still pitch dark outside. I …
Continue reading “Brasov, Translyvania – let me sleep damn it!”
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