Category Travel
Sometimes Sitting Is Not An Option
This is a post about excrement, or at least its disposal. And especially about public washrooms. Thomas Crapper, an Englishman, popularized the flush toilet in the 19th century. His design hasn’t been changed much – but has never caught on in some parts of the world. (I always thought Crapper had invented the flush toilet, […]
Under The Pier
I went for an early morning walk in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. I don’t usually go under the Pier and thought the view was different enough to share.
Kurdish Textile Museum IV
I took a lot of pictures, so I thought another sampling would be appropriate.As I said, I am not normally a textiles fan, but hjere was something about the museum that day that struck a chord within me.
Kurdish Textile Museum III
Some more pictures in the series. Today we look at some traditional clothing styles. I’m not sure f these are common anymore, except for he men’s caps I didn’t see anyone dressed like this, but I was mostly in urban settings.
Kurdish Textile Museum II
Today is a day to let the pictures do the talking. The museum was more than just carpets hanging on the wall. Today so me aspects of Kurdish culture.
Kurdish Textile Museum I
I must confess I have little use for fashion or home décor (much to my wife’s dismay occasionally). So a textile museum is not high on my list. In Istanbul I skipped the Turkish carpet museum. In Erbil I went to the Kurdish Textile Museum, not because I was trying to salvage a visit to […]
Falling From The Skies
It was a year ago today that a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet was shot down in the skies over Ukraine, presumably by Russian-backed (and armed) rebels. There will be remembrance ceremonies in many countries today as families and friends continue to mourn. Airline tragedies receive a lot of publicity. When something goes wrong at 35,000 […]
Dead Writers
It seems Badenweiler, Germany, is the town writers go to die. Could that be used in a tourism campaign? Would it make you want to visit? It is a spa town after all, which I presume is what drew them there in the first place. Well, I don’t know that Badenweiler is really a destination […]
The Road to Duhok
The turn to Mosul is on the left. It is blocked off, only the military are allowed to use it now since ISIS took the city in June 2014. The journey from Erbil to Duhok takes about two-and-a-half hours, depending on the number of checkpoints. This time I think we went through four. There can […]
Erbil Citadel
It is very impressive from a distance, not as much when you actually get inside. It has been occupied for about 6,000 years and has been proclaimed a UNESCO world heritage site. I would say it will be worth a visit in about a decade, once repairs and renovations are completed. Nobody lives in the […]
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