Category Archives: Travel
Favorite travel photos: Italy
Favorite travel photos: France
The D-Day beaches, 69 years later
German defenders at nearby strongpoints had an unobstructed view of the beach and the approaching landing craft on D-Day. “They must be crazy,” one German sergeant said. “Are they going […]
A great little museum: The Kansas Cosmosphere
If you ever find yourself in south central Kansas, make time for a visit to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson. It’s a fantastic museum to the history […]
Sherlock Holmes’ London
To the countless fans of Sherlock Holmes, his fictional exploits are as real as 221B Baker St., the Langham Hotel, Charing Cross Station, the Lyceum Theater and one Holmesian landmark […]
Oradour-sur-Glane: A World War II atrocity
ORADOUR-SUR-GLANE, France — This is the grimmest of all European war memorials. More grim than any towering monument. More grim than any neatly manicured military cemetery with its symmetric rows […]
Favorite travel photos: Pt. I
Photos from the Irish cycling trip
Two Irish travel yarns
I found Pint-Sized Ireland by Evan McHugh last weekend in a used book store in Dallas. There were at least 20 copies on the shelf, and having blown through the […]