Travels Category
Posts related to travel, abroad and nearby, many with additional multimedia content.
Jun 21 | Ambler Ramble
To celebrate the return of my bike from the bike shop for minor wheel truing, I decided I'd take part in a C+ training ride sponsored by the Bicycle Club of Philadelphia (where C+ designates a ride of duration between 15 to 75 miles and a 12 to 15 mph average on flat terrain).
Jun 24 | Coney Island
No visit or stay in New York would be complete without a trip to Coney Island, about an hour's subway ride away from midtown Manhattan on the N, Q, D or the F.
Aug 21 | Part 3 of 3 - Roadtrip Italia
8/6 Portoferraio - Livorno - Pisa
Leaving the island at 10, we headed north, along the shoreline toward Livorno.
| Part 2 of 3 - Roadtrip Italia
7/29 Perugia - Assisi - Perugia
9:00.
We headed off to Saint Francis' home town, Assisi (from which you hear Saint Francis of Assisii).
Aug 20 | Part 1 of 3 - Roadtrip Italia
7/20 Paris - Nancy
11:30.
3 suitcases, a bag full of books, another full of food, my backpack, and a few other minor things packed into our rented beige argent Renault Mégane and we're off, blasting the AC at a fresh 19°C.
Jun 1 | An audio voyage of sorts
The following is an innovation of sorts, an experiment that I've never tried and doubt many others have.
May 26 | Arriveramo Milano
I don't know if you all knew that yesterday was Towel Day as homage to the amazing dramatist, amateur musician and author Douglas Adams.
Jan 2 | Paris to Dijon, Courmayeur, Bologna, Torino
The following is a chronicle of the events surrounding my two-week car trip with my family from Paris to Dijon, to Courmayeur, to Bologna, Torino, then back home.
Dec 13 | On North Korea
I don't why but I have this unfortunate interest in North Korea.
Sep 1 | Sardinia Travel Entries (Part 3)
The following is the third (and last) part of a three-part transcript of my journal that I kept during my trip to La Marmorata Village in Santa Teresa di Gallura, Sardinia, during July-August 2004.
Aug 14th
Emotions run high.