Position: The Picos de Europa are a series of dramatic limestone mountains 300 million years in the making. They cross northern Spain between Santander and Gijón for about 20 km. A cavernous gorge runs through the middle. A paradise for …
Position: 43°32’48″N 5°39’54″W Every schoolchild learns that their world floats on big plates. It’s also obvious to every 10-year-old that the land masses of the world should snap together like a puzzle. As an optimistically precocious urchin, I used to …
As fair and balanced as this blog is, it’s time to quit pining for the past and talk about the present. Britain offers an incredible number of cool, fun, and interesting things to do in a very small space. Many …
Having completed our whirlwind tour of the three contiguous countries of the United Kingdom and celebrated my 60th birthday, I’ve got a pretty good sense of how far “Thatcher’s Bloody Britain” has evolved. I was fortunate enough to live in …
Here’s a short collection of photos from our grand tour of North Wales that start in Llandudno, a holiday town at the far west end of Colwyn Bay. Llandudno has a pier that extends well out over the bay with …
Position: 53°04’28″N 3°56’39″W The A(road)4086 runs east out of Llanberis and skirts Mount Snowdon, rising steadily until it reaches Pen-y-Pass. Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa in Welsh) is the third tallest peak in the British Isles and the stuff of climbing …
Position: 52°54’46.96″ N 4°5’55.74″ W Portmerion, Wales, served as the location for one of the greatest cult TV shows from the 1960s, The Prisoner. Ever since I was a kid terrified by the giant beach ball sent to catch would …
Position: 38°39’32.5″N 27°12’34.5″W I called my buddy Mark in the United States from the Pirate’s Pub in Angara, Terceira. I told him that I had just met a guy named José on a street corner and handed over my Balmar …
Looking out our portholes and seeing the USCGC Eagle at dock in Praia do Vitória was a nice surprise. This beautiful tall ship is the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s cadet training vessel. Based near the US Coast Guard Academy in …
