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 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
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
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,
As I spend a lot of my time in Germany these days, my girlfriend and I hit the road (or, more precisely, rails) to explore other parts of the country now and then. I’ll describe
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
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,
New York City has more attractions, more ethnicities, and (arguably) more things to do than any place in the world. It is truly unique. I had not been to NYC since I was a young
I live half my life now in Germany. So, occasionally in this blog, we’ll visit places that I’ve traveled to in that country. This month, we feature two such destinations: one that we journeyed to