Monthly Archives: January 2015
Super Bowl Sunday
It’s that time of year again. Americans are celebrating Super Bowl Sunday tomorrow. They want you to think it is a big deal. If you didn’t know already, it is a championship football game. That’s American football, which is no relation to what the rest of the world calls football. It must be a big […]
My Mother’s Pet Peeve
My mother reads the obituaries in the newspaper each morning. She’s 86, and I suspect she is checking to make sure she isn’t listed. Her official reason is that as an animal lover she wants to see if anyone has left money to the Humane Society, but I know it is more just to see […]
Up, Up and Away – III
As we headed into the van for our hour-long balloon ride over Cappadocia, my friend Mike asked “so how much does this cost?” I told him we had a discount – 150 Euros each. The look on his face said it all. He doesn’t have my stinginess, but he’s not a spendthrift either. I could […]
Up. Up and Away – II
Cappadocia is one of the top three places on the planet to go for a hot air balloon ride, or so I have been told (the others, if you were wondering are the pyramids in Egypt and the Loire Valley in France). And for very good reason – the view is spectacular. I had never […]
Up, Up and Away – I
I am noted for my frugality. I make no apologies, and for the most part have no regrets about pinching pennies. Mind you, my idea on what is worth spending money on has changed a little bit over the years. In 1986 I was in Paris for the first time, and like any good tourist […]
York Castle I – The Time Machine
While it may be a staple of science fiction stores, I doubt time travel is a viable possibility. Relax though; I’m not going to give a scientific explanation why I believe that to be the case, nor a theological one. But in York last summer I stepped into a time machine of sorts that transported […]
The Blue Mosque
It is one of the most visited tourist sites in Istanbul, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, commonly referred to as The Blue Mosque. Of course it was a must-see when I visited Istanbul a year ago. I have visited dozens, maybe hundreds of churches in my travels over the years but I have been in very […]
The Greatest Night
I dismissed the title out of hand. “Be a part of the greatest night in Christian music history.” Right. I didn’t even bother to open the email. I figured they were going to try and sell me a cruise or something like that. Which meant I almost missed the big event this past Wednesday. There […]
Bayeux Tapestry II
I must admit I didn’t get his name. Vivian did though. In fact she spent more time talking to him than she did looking around the rest of Bayeux Cathedral, and we were in the building for more than an hour. If I remember correctly, he was a retired baker who had decided to make […]
Images of Brussels
I thought for today I’d let the photos do the talking, just some random shots I took while walking around Brussels.
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