I was reminded of a day trip to Tangier in December 2008 when a friend pointed out an etched, graceful, Moroccan teapot on my bookshelf. It was a completely impractical purchase — I doubt I’ll ever make tea in it — but besides being beautiful, it reminds me of a great day of traveling. Soaking …
I didn’t have a book about Morocco, I was learning about Morocco as I was experiencing it, I was also learning about things through my other travel partners who had ample books on Morocco. Yes, I was too cheap to buy my own book. After the first week, someone in my group read in their …
“Quick! Ask him!” I quickly pulled the car over, and K stuck her head out, startling the poor gentleman with her one sentence in Italian: “Dove il Pendante Torre?” I’m not sure that even qualifies as a sentence. I’m sure somewhere along the line, we missed syntax, grammar and vocabulary. The accosted gentleman looked at …
If you live in a retirement facility, no matter how nice, the days become an endless progression of sameness. Your neighbor hobbles by in a walker on her morning walk. The same faces appear across the dinner table night after night telling stories you’ve heard more times than you care to count. So, when we …
COREY TARATUTA co-hosts the Irish Fireside Podcast and Blog. The Irish Fireside has been covering Irish travel and topics of Irish-American interest since 2006 and just celebrated its 100th Episode. When not trekking around Ireland, Corey is a freelance writer and designer, and blogs about living and working from the road at On the White …
“A child at Preah Vihear in Cambodia. Preah Vihear is being fought over by Cambodia and Thailand. Around a dozen soldiers were killed near Preah Vihear in the month around my visit.” Read more on Gary’s Arndt’s blog, Everything Everywhere.