On our last full day in Rome, searching in the medieval quarter near the Campo de’ Fiori, through the tangle … More
Category: Travels
Here are the essays, trip reports, photos and postcards.
Traveling Blind by William Thompson
Traveling blind is always a cross-country game of pass-the-parcel — and I’m the parcel. I am handed-off from one person … More
The Power of a Place by Meg Freer
Travel Essay: It’s the kind of place you would never know was there. The kind of place you only stumble upon … More
Crossing Big Rivers by James Kenney
CROSSING BIG RIVERS is an essay on how AIDS first spread from the Mama Yemo hospital. In 1926, the colonizers of the Belgian … More
Las Geels by Mark Fitzpatrick
Las Geels. Okay, so there’s no real reason to go there other than it’s soooooo different – I mean, different … More
An Encounter with Humility by Ben Weise
During the semester break from my graduate studies, I decided to backpack to Greece via Italy in search of the … More