Why I Ride: Some people dream of fast cars and a luxury lifestyle. My dream is to free-wheel around ancient towns in the south of France soaking in the atmosphere. Riding my bike makes me feels like a kid again. Woohoo! I’m a free-spirit with […]
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Driving the Nebraska Sandhills by Kim Sosin and Janet Rives
Come Drive with Me Driving west near Grand Island, across the braided Platte one more time, my–our–road begins its lone stunning uphill path across Nebraska. We pass train after train, intense-orange engines, cars heaped with black coal. Then suddenly, Sandhills! Anchored by Little Blue Stem […]
Sacred and Profane Images in Venice and Padua By Bernie Langs
Travel Essay: The laws and edicts are laid out in the Old Testament in exacting terms specifying the ornaments, utensils and measurements for these objects utilized in the holy temple and for the division of spaces designated as sacred from those places for mortals. The biblically […]
Travel Photos of Nepal by Brendan Praniewicz
Photos from a miraculous journey through the ancient city of Kathmandu, and trekking through the Himalayas.
Mengistu’s Jacuzzi By Tej Rae
I have only been in Ethiopia for two weeks, and I am sure that sooner of later, I will find someone who can unravel the jacuzzi fetish for me, says Tej Rae.
History Narrated as Art by Anita Lekic
Five years ago, I was walking on the paredão from Monte Estoril towards São Joao do Estoril when right after the entrance by the station, I saw big black letters on the wall, announcing: 28 July 1914 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA. I paused. Of course! […]
