The wife and I spent the last two weeks living in Illinois with her grandmother and a bunch of her extended family. This was an unplanned trip, as we happened to be in Kentucky to visit my old college friends, and decided that a quick jaunt to central Illinois wouldn’t take that long. And then [...]
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Personal Note: My trip to Belgium and France
Well, I promised you guys some pictures of my recent trip to Belgium and France.
Day 1
Flew in to Frankfurt, caught a bus with our favorite bus driver Dieter (we have used him often) and drove hours and hours to Ypres (Ieper) which was the most important city on the Western Front of WWI. We got [...]
On Hiatus
On Friday, I leave for Normandy and Paris for ten days. Since this blog does not have an autoposting feature, I will be maintaining radio silence through April 6th – possibly longer as I get back into the swing of my day job on my return. I’ll be with 34 high school students learning art [...]
The Apocalypse is Now
Semi-modern abandoned places really creep me out. I always feel like I’m in an SF film where the population has been nearly wiped out. I can think of any number of stories or videos this true-to-life island would represent perfectly.
[Via Mental_Floss]
Star Wars, Tunisia
I was doing some research for a trip to Tunis this summer and came across this interesting gem about the filming of Star Wars in the Tunisian desert. It is apparently a popular tourist destination for Star Wars fans, so much so that Tunisia.com loudly proclaims it!
“When I was searching in 1977 for a place [...]
Germany 2008
I’m back from Germany! It was a great trip and everyone had a lot of fun.
Please enjoy these pictures from my trip last week to Germany. We saw lots of sites, including Munich, Rothenburg ob de Tauber, Neuschwanstein, Bacharach, The Rhine Valley Region, Trier, and Burg Eltz.
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Blog Temporarily Suspended
I’m headed out of the country tomorrow to take a bunch of teenagers to Germany to learn about art history, so this blog will be on a ten day hiatus. I’ll be back in April with lots more stuff. I’ll tell you all about the trip when I get back, and will have lots of [...]
My wife’s photo included in online map guide
Tomb of Cecilia Metella
Originally uploaded by graspingforthewind.
This picture, taken by my wife, was recently chosen to be included in the online map provider Schmap. You can see the page where the photo was included here.
The picture itself is of a tomb located along the Ancient Appian Way in Rome, Italy. My wife and I have [...]
Where I’m Going in 2008
Every year, I travel with Masterworks Tours as a host. In 2008, the wife and I will be heading to Germany, to visit the Rhine Valley, Frankfurt, and Munich. This will be our first time in Germany, and I’m really looking forward to it! You can see a our itinerary, and little of the history [...]
Book Review: Explorer’s House by Robert M. Poole
Title: Explorer’s House: National Geographic and the World it Made
Author: Robert M. Poole
Genre: History, Non-fiction
Pub. Date: January 2006 (paperback edition)
Format: Paperback, 368pp
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Personal Rating: 4/5
Inventors, geography, and nepotism all find their way into the pages of Robert M. Poole�s history of National Geographic entitled Explorer�s House: National Geographic and the World It Made.
Beginning [...]
