Traveling in Germany: Wiesbaden-The Meadow Bath City
About a year ago, my girlfriend had the yen to go south for a vacation-further south in Germany, that is. She made plans for us to stay for about a week in a vacation apartment
The Old & The New-Peru Revisited: The Sacred Valley and Home Again
Going to Peru without seeing Machu Picchu is like going to India without seeing the Taj Mahal or going to Egypt without seeing the pyramids. I had visited Machu Picchu on my first trip to
The Old & The New-Peru Revisited: Cuzco-Home of the Incas
The route to Cuzco is replete with bridges over rivers, farms and haciendas, and the occasional small village, where low walls contain political messages of the past-mostly in symbols so that they can be understood
The Old & The New-Peru Revisited: Puno & Titicaca
Heading ever southward (and upward) in Peru, our Peru Hop bus wends its way from Arequipa to the city of Puno. Along the way, we make a stop at Lake Lagunillas. I wonder if this
The Old & The New-Peru Revisited: Colca Canyon
I think even before we traveled to Peru, we planned on spending at least one day walking around the mountains and countryside. This came to fruition in a special day trip we arranged to visit
The Old & The New-Peru Revisited: The Nazca Lines & Arequipa
The Pan American Highway may not look like much in Peru. It’s just a two-lane road (one coming and one going) through the desert. But this highway is, except for some roads near the big
The Old & The New: Peru Revisited-Paracas & Huacachina
Peru is a big country. At almost half a million square miles, it ranks in the top 20 in the world. Bordered by rain forest to the north, the Andes Mountains to the east, and
The Old & The New-Peru Revisited: Lima
1998 was a different time in many ways. I was 45 years old and had been living by myself in my own home for several years. That year, 1998, I took what (at the time,
Return to the Big Apple: 9/11 and Much More!
As we begin our last full day in the Big Apple, it would be neglectful not to mention the city’s subway system. We use it quite frequently on our excursions across Manhattan. The superlatives for
Return To the Big Apple: Central Park & The American Museum of Natural History
Although we don’t see any ghosts, we start off our second full day in the Big Apple passing by the “Ghostbusters” firehouse. This slim, corner firehouse was famously featured in the “Ghostbusters” movies. After renovations,