Some of my happiest travel memories have involved staying in an apartment (Moscow) or a room in house occupied by other travelers and the owner (Budapest). Or simply renting a room in someone's apartment, as I did in Prague the summer of 1991.I usually booked these rooms at a … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
It's not difficult to remember what I was doing 15 years ago today.It was the longest day of the year and a Sunday. I was still married to my Chinese husband, who went out that day to rehearse a musical performance he was working on for later that summer.I remember … [Read more...]
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I've always held a strange fascination with forbidden places. When I was in college, I was determined to travel to Vietnam and Cambodia, two countries not on the typical American tourist map.Cuba was the same.The more forbidden, the more attractive. So in 2004, I'd met my … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
As summer begins for school kids across the US, including college students (who finished their terms last month), I'm reminded of a time years ago when I, too, could enjoy a long summer vacation.I took this photo on one such vacation. It was the summer of 1991, I had just … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
I took this photo almost 22 years to the day.It was the summer of 1991, a brief lull in the civil war. At that time, there were only weekly flights to Angkor Wat. So the options were to stay for a week or for one day. Backpacking my way around Asia, across the Soviet Union, … [Read more...]