Photos: Victor Block

Most travelers have heard of the U.S. Virgin Islands; some of the British Virgin Islands. Those familiar with the BVI usually know Tortola, and maybe even Virgin Gorda and Jost Van Dyke. But it seems that few have…

Killington Ski Resort


Beyond its cozy small towns/cities and quintessential New England vibe, the Green Mountain State may be small but punches way above its weight…

The ancient Roman Empire spread not just throughout much of what is today western Europe, but east, as well, including present day Romania and the Balkans (including Bulgaria). In 188 BCE the Romans invaded the region of Thrace (covering southeastern Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and the European part of Turkey), finally conquered it in 46 CE and ruling until the…

Travel usually involves a lot of planning and packing and booking and backtracking. At age 70, though, there are many new ways to travel. For one thing, there is time travel, which is what I call revisiting a place that I visited long ago, just to see all the ch-ch-ch-changes, maybe even recognize somebody from the old days. I’d done this before and did it again during the pandemic, when my usual Asian haunts were locked down tighter than a you-fill-in-the-blank and so I reverted to…