At the next table, a single dad expounds on the Kennedy years to his daughter, the Italian half of what … More
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Going Back by Anita Lekic
It was April, 2002. I contemplated my impending flight to Zagreb with Croatian Airlines with a sense of foreboding. Would … More
Cheese of Goat, Butter of Cow by Elizabeth Templeman
Notes on Travel, Language, and Communication “What means draga?” I ask, with a stunning reduction of the syntax I love … More
A needle in the African Haystack by Kevin Cheeseman
“It looks like I am now the African and you the European” he says, arms folded over a dishevelled white … More
The Reykjanes Peninsula by John .A. Barrett
Iceland – The Reykjanes Peninsula With my wife Sue, we stand on the southwest edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, the … More
The Road to Zumba by Tim Vincent
When I think to myself that I’ve ‘travelled’ in certain countries, it’s a slightly false feeling. The truth is, wherever … More