A Stranger Roadtrippen’ in a Strange Land —
How I Learned to Road Trip Abroad
Friends often call me a NASA-TV nerd. I watch transfixed by late night filler video of an earth...
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Tag: steve smith
Constantinople, not Istanbul
Today’s Istanbul is a vibrant and modern city built on top an ancient past. What’s the...
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Port Townsend, Washington
It was snowing as I left home. Not sticking but slick and windy and cold. Definitely not ideal...
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Gaudi’s Barcelona
At the end of the 19th century Barcelona became well known for the Catalan Modernisme movement,...
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Travel-in-Place — Corvallis, Oregon’s Urban Art
Just like in most of the US, this week Oregon’s governor issued a statewide Stay-at-Home...
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The Omphalos of Tuscany in Castelmuzio
Everyone tells me that they simply love touring Italy. I do too. The food, the wine, the...
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Islas y Huacas, Lago de Titicaca
The harbor waters are still. Beyond the sheltered inlet a stiff wind whips the lake into...
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Cologne: A Cathedral and Brauhaus
It is a wonder the Cathedral was not bombed into oblivion. It was World War II and GPS precision...
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Travel in Place: A Covered Bridge Tour in Oregon
Covered bridges entered Oregon’s Willamette Valley in the 19th century along with pioneers...
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Circling the Tropics — A Baja Sur Road Trip
Part 2
Over the Baja Sur Divide Leaving my vacation home at Casa Oasis Todos Santos and the tropics after...
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Circling the Tropics — A Baja Sur Road Trip
Part 1
San Jose del Cabo Aeropuerto, Baja Much like the Conquistadors used sailing ships to reach the New...
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Le Crete Senesi –
The Italian Road Trip
In his classic road movie La Strada, Anthony Quinn finds adventure driving Italian roads. On the...
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