Travel Writing Archive

Spain

• CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
  • Five Days on Camino: From Lugo to Santiago
  • The Walk to the End of the World
  • From Gold to Glory
• GALICIA
  • Santiago in Retrospect
    • Images of Santiago
  • The Galician Coast: A Coruña
  • The Galician Coast: Vigo & Las Islas Cíes
    • Images of the Galician Coast
  • Soaking in Ourense
  • Snapshots of Galicia
• ASTURIAS
  • North from Madrid: The Cantabrian Mountains & Gijón
  • North from Madrid: Oviedo
  • Images of Asturias
• CANTABRIA
  • Gimme Shelter: Santander & Altamira
• THE BASQUE COUNTRY
  • Basking in the Basque Country: Bilbao
  • Basking in the Basque Country: San Juan de Gaztelugatxe
  • Basking in the Basque Country: the Vizcaya Bridge
  • Basking in the Basque Country: San Sebastián
• CATALONIA
  • Homage to Catalunya: Introduction & Background
  • Homage to Catalunya: The City of Barcelona
  • Homage to Catalunya: Museums of Barcelona
  • Homage to Catalunya: Architecture of Barcelona
  • Homage to Catalunya: The Museum of Dalí
  • Homage to Catalunya: Montserrat (and Poblet)
  • Homage to Catalunya: Tarragona
• LA RIOJA
  • A Sip of Logroño
• CASTILLA Y LEON
  • A Taste of Burgos
  • North from Madrid: León
    • Images of León
  • A Day in Segovia
  • The Palace of San Ildefonso de La Granja
  • Day Trips from Madrid: Ávila
  • The Sights of Salamanca
    • Images of Salamanca
• ARAGON
  • A Puente in Zaragoza
  • El Monasterio de Piedra
  • Jaca: A Slightly Unsuccessful Journey
• MADRID: DAY TRIPS
  • Day Trips from Madrid: Alcalá de Henares
  • Day Trips from Madrid: Chinchón
  • Day Trips from Madrid: Aranjuez
  • Day Trips from Madrid: Manzanares el Real
  • Climbing in Cotos
    • Images of Peñalara
  • Difficult Day Trips: Rascafría
  • Difficult Day Trips: Consuegra
  • The Monastery of El Escorial
  • The Valley of the Fallen
  • A Report on the Battle of Jarama
• MADRID: THE CITY
  • Madrid: a Gustatory Extravaganza
  • Notes on a Spanish Bullfight
  • A Walk Through the Prado
  • Celebrating the Madrid Metro
  • Madrid: Trains & Planes
• CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
  • A Tour of Toledo
  • A Trip to Toledo
  • Hanging Out in Cuenca
• EXTREMADURA
  • West to Extremadura: Cáceres
  • West to Extremedura: Mérida
  • Images of Mérida
  • Images of Extremadura: Cáceres, Trujillo, Monfragüe
• BALEARIC ISLANDS
  • Flight to Mallorca
• VALENCIA
  • Escape to Valencia
  • Alicante and the Island of Tabarca
• MURCIA
  • In the Heat: Elche & Murcia
• ANDALUCÍA
  • Christmastime in Andalusia: Jerez de la Frontera
  • Christmastime in Andalusia: Cádiz
  • Christmastime in Andalusia: Nerja
  • Christmastime in Andalusia: Ronda
  • Christmastime in Andalusia: Málaga
  • Granada: A Tale of the Alhambra
  • Córdoba: In Search of Al-Andalus
    • Images of Córdoba
  • South to Seville
    • Images of Sevilla
  • Summertime in Andalucía: Granada
  • Summertime in Andalucía: Malaga & Surroundings
  • Summertime in Andalucía: Jerez & Cádiz
  • Summertime in Andalucía: Three Pueblos
• CANARY ISLANDS
  • Tenerife
  • Lanzarote
  • Gran Canaria

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Portugal

• Northern Portugal: Oporto & Aveiro
• Memories of Lisbon
• Memories of Sintra

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France

• Marching through Paris
• Paris: Cemeteries, Tombs, and Mausoleums
• Versailles and its Gardens
• The Cathedral of Chartres
• Nothing to Lose in Toulouse
• Marseille: Southern France
• Conquering Normandy

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The Netherlands

• Amsterdam: the Beauty of Everyday Life

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Belgium

• Belgium: Brussels, Bruges, Beer

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Italy

• Roaming in Rome: Introduction
• Roaming in Rome: Churches
• Roaming in Rome: Basilicas
• Roaming in Rome: Museums
• Roaming in Rome: Ruins
• Roaming in Rome: the Vatican
• Touching Tuscany: Pisa
• Touching Tuscany: Florence
• Return to Venice
• Venetian Islands
• Padua and the Cosmic Chapel
• Ancient Cities: Naples and Pompeii
• Milan & Lago di Como

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Greece

• Ancient Cities: Athens

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Great Britain

• 48 Hours in London
• Lessons from the British Museum
• Edinburgh: Wind and Whisky

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Ireland

• Lost and Found in Dublin

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Czech Republic

• Central Europe: Prague
• Central Europe: Plzeň

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Poland

• Krakow and the Wieliczka Salt Mines
• A Visit to Auschwitz

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Hungary

• Budapest or Bust

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Austria

• Central Europe: Vienna
• Return to Vienna

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Germany

• Life and Death in Berlin—Part 1, Life
• Life and Death in Berlin—Part 2, Death
• To Be in Bavaria: Munich
• To Be in Bavaria: Nuremberg
• To Be in Bavaria: Bamberg
• Aachen: City of Charlemagne
• Rhinish Rivalry: Düsseldorf and Köln
• Riding Down the Rhine
• The Moselle: Burg Eltz and Koblenz

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Iceland

• Two Stopovers in Reykjavik

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Turkey

• Ancient Cities: Istanbul

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United States

• CALIFORNIA
  • San Francisco: In the Mist
• ILLINOIS
  • Chicago: Sewage and Synchronicity
• MASSACHUSETTES
  • Concord and Walden Pond
  • Boston: On the Trail of Freedom
• NEW YORK
  • The Rockefeller State Park Preserve: a Natural History
  • A Walk Through the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
  • The Old Croton Aqueduct and the New Croton Dam
  • Two Hudson Ruins—Part 1, Yonkers Power Plant
  • Two Hudson Ruins—Part 2, Bannerman Castle
  • St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Rockefeller Center
  • The Brooklyn Bridge and its Fellows
  • Two NY Cemeteries: Green-Wood and Woodlawn
  • Two NY Churches: Saint John the Divine and Riverside
  • Two NY Churches: Saint Paul’s Chapel and Trinity Church
  • NY Museums: The Frick
  • NY Museums: The Morgan
  • NY Museums: MoMA
  • NY Museums: The Cloisters
  • NY Museums: The American Museum of Natural History
  • NY Museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Historic Hudson Homes: Sunnyside
  • Historic Hudson Homes: Kykuit
  • Historic Hudson Homes: The Grange
• VIRGINIA
  • Jefferson Country: UVA and Monticello
• WASHINGTON D.C.
  • Washington D.C. and Arlington National Cemetery