During our three weeks in Calpe, on Spain’s Costa Blanca, I kept finding myself asking the same question. Where are…
This is my fifth trip to Spain. You would think by now I would have a pretty good idea of…
I came to Spain looking for pickleball. Instead, I found padel — pronounced roughly PAH-del. That was not exactly the…
I thought I knew what paella was. Rice. Seafood. A big shallow pan. Something colorful, impressive, and vaguely Spanish.…
Every night, sometime around two or three in the morning, we get visitors. They don’t knock. We are staying…
I have spent a good part of my life traveling. And, like most travelers, I have usually followed a familiar…
Once you know to look for it, you start seeing it everywhere. Or, more accurately, not seeing it. Miguel de…
Don Quixote gets most of the attention. He is the dreamer. The man who sees giants where everyone else sees…
Standing in Madrid’s Plaza de España, looking at Don Quixote sitting on Rocinante beneath the monument to Cervantes, I found…
Sixty years ago, I saw flamenco in Madrid. At least I thought I did. What I remembered were the obvious…
For most of my life, I have lived by the clock. Meetings start at 9. Lunch is somewhere around noon.…
We had finally made it. After seven days on electric bikes, approximately 175 miles along the Portuguese Coastal and Litoral…
People do El Camino de Santiago for all kinds of reasons. Some come as religious pilgrims. Some come for spiritual…
We had spent much of the day worrying about hills, rocks, bike paths, wrong turns and whether Alexis and I…
There are not many foods I would happily eat for lunch and then order again for dinner. Pulpo is one…
I know I’m not going to get any sympathy for what I am about to tell you. But I am…
I have watched a lot of sunsets in my life. From beaches and mountains. From boats and balconies. From cities,…
Eleven years ago, I rode all 500 miles of the French Route of the El Camino de Santiago on a…
I am 82 years old. I am pretty healthy. I am persistent. I am reasonably capable. I know how to…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST This summer, while spending time with my grandchildren, one of them asked me a question I…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST My musical education continues. And I have Alexis to thank—or blame—for it. Alexis loves music. Not…
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LISTEN TO THE PODCAST There are three bottles of Jertaris sitting on my desk as I write this. I bought…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST A couple of weeks ago, while spending time with my children and grandchildren, two of my…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Every summer, I spend a couple of weeks on Martha’s Vineyard—more particularly, on…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Recently, I flew cross country from Denver to the New York City area for one reason…
A good friend of mine, who hosts a radio show, recently asked me a challenging question: “What gives you hope…
I had no idea this was coming. I boarded a United flight in Munich, heading back to Denver. Just…
WATCH THE VIDEO This year, the United States will celebrate its 250th birthday. Two hundred and fifty years. That sounds…
WATCH THE VIDEO In Budapest, you cannot miss Matthias Church. It sits high on Castle Hill, on the Buda side…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Some buildings are impressive. Some are beautiful. Some are historic. And then there…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST You start in a 500-year-old Turkish bath. Stone walls. Dim light. A sense…
WATCH THE PODCAST LISTEN TO THE PODCAST There are a few things you should know about me. One is that…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST There was no missing it. Throughout the Wachau Valley, apricots were everywhere. On…
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WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST I had been there before. Years ago. And yet, walking back into Prague’s…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Getting tickets to the Vienna State Opera is not a casual decision. It’s…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST We had heard about High Tea in London. Or more accurately, what most…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST I stayed in a true 5‑star hotel in London. Something I’ve never done…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST I’m about halfway through a 16‑day trip that has taken me through England…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST I have a sweet tooth. Actually, that is not quite accurate. I have a very large…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST This is not something I ever expected to be doing. Last Sunday, after…
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST There are apparently still new careers available to me at my age. On Friday evening in…
One of the unexpected pleasures of my few days at Cape Kennedy was being reminded of something I loved in…
I did not come to Cape Kennedy as a space enthusiast. Quite the opposite. I came as a curious outsider,…
Some numbers are simply too big to mean much at first. That is one of the problems with a mission…
There is something odd about a rocket launch. You see it before you hear it. That was one of the…
I know almost nothing about space. That is not false modesty. It is simply true. I have spent very little…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The other day I had one of those classic American experiences that has…
WATCH THE VIDEO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST A week ago Friday I went to a women’s roller derby bout in…