Russ's NY to Seattle gap

When I was in the States for a brief period in January 2009, I planned to take a trip to Chicago, Grand Rapids, and Detroit. I wanted to vi...

My grandmother's favorite movie series is Death Wish. In these movies, Charles Bronson plays a vigilante out to avenge the death of his ...

I arrived in Lutina on a Saturday. To get there, you take a 12-hour ferry ride from Marseilles, on the southern coast of continental France....

The main product on the farm in Lutina is chestnuts. However, Jean-Mathieu also has a herd of around 100 pigs. These pigs are "free-ran...

The Mediterranean island of Corsica has two famous sons, one better known than the other. The lesser known is Pascal Paoli (pronounced ...

In leaving Asia I stopped in Singapore for a few days to visit some friends. I met Debbie Lee about 18 years ago at nerd camp - we spent on...

When I left Cambodia, I was thinking I should have scheduled my itinerary to give me more time in Cambodia and to skip Laos. I was really e...