I spent a month driving and camping through some of the national and state parks of our western states, where things geological put on their finest display, and members of the order Rodentia are fearless and pushy. We do have some sensational scenery here. Despite my confirmed solo traveling ways, I found myself wishing that […]
I based my visit to The Mumbles in Wales pretty much solely on the fact that it has an unusual place name. I needed somewhere within easy striking distance of Bristol, yet which also allowed an easy return to London. It was just a matter of opening a map, taking a look at what was […]
Obviously I like cheese. I am equal-opportunity when it comes to cheese consumption, and claim no favorite. But when in Austria, I always go out of my way to eat some topfen, a fresh, curdled cheese. Known elsewhere as quark, it’s always called topfen in Austria, because it can be made in a Topf, a pot. […]
A few years ago I read an article on segmented sleep, a sleep pattern that includes two or more periods of sleep, interrupted by a period of wakefulness and activity. There’s a theory that this is actually the natural pattern of human sleep, and the notion that it is proper for us to sleep in […]
At the Wernberg Business Center Apotheke, picking up worm medicine for the cat. And then a stop at the dairy for fresh topfen.
A few years ago I gave myself a quest. The quest is, master as many forms of transportation as possible. Or, at least attain some degree of competence. Some small percentage of this is a joke; it’s unlikely that I’ll achieve James Bond-ian levels of being able to flawlessly pilot (and crash) any vehicle that […]
An Austrian Nachtisch, of elder flowers dipped in a sort of pancake batter, and fried.
Are five months gone already? They are, and this Asian adventure of mine is over. When I started, my only plan was to work my way west from Vietnam to Myanmar. I thought about doing this for at least a year, and it’s a little weird that a vague idea has now been realized. About six […]
I took an organized tour of Bilu Kyun (Ogre Island) while visiting Mawlamyine. The interesting thing about this island is that there’s all sorts of nifty cottage industries going on, but on such a discreet level that you could be standing outside a weaving workshop or hat maker, and not realize it, unless accompanied by […]
If you had asked me five months ago to consider plaid, Scotland and the Pacific Northwest would have come to mind. Myanmar would not have. But there’s a lot of plaid fabrics here. In fact, plaid, checked, and gingham scarves, shirts, sarongs, napkins and more are all over Southeast Asia, in varieties that would enthrall […]
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