Like nomads, but with more stuff

July 27 saw the longest lunar eclipse in a hundred years. Although I hear the US wasn't able to see it, it was supposed to be well visi...

The food at the Burg Eltz cafe didn't appeal to me so I decided to stop somewhere on my way home. I had heard Idstein was a pretty city...

Nothing gets me moving like the recognition that things are soon changing. After essentially hibernating for a year, I'm going sights...

On Sundays in Germany nearly all establishments are closed. Restaurants are largely open, museums of course, but little else. Many folks go...

Waaay back, in 2017 (barely), Terry and the kids came to Germany for holiday. They spent almost a week in Frankfurt, getting over jet lag, ...

I have written about paying $10 for a small bunch of asparagus in winter in St Petersburg so that I could consume vegetables other than ca...

The Power by Naomi Alderman When girls in the modern-day world suddenly gain the power to electrocute through their fingertips, their act...

(full title) Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the West by ...

Beyond Sleep by Willem Frederik Hermans   Overly self-conscious and self-important young geologist, carrying the weight of his father...

New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson This book will delight anyone who has ever wondered just how will the world look in about 120 years...