I care very little for Salzburg and not at all for the archbishop; I shit on both of them. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The train to Salzburg was canceled due to a blizzard in Bavaria. Munich was getting hit with its heaviest snowfall in twenty years. The ticket agent said there was a later train…
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Vienna
The pessimistic Austrian view of life is expressed in the verdict:‘Es wird schon schief gehen,’ or, ‘It’s bound to go wrong.’ – Gordon Brook-Shepherd 24 hours in Vienna. It sounds like an action movie, but there was no action unless you count weight gain. Hayley and I subsisted on a tourist diet of schnitzel, streusel,…
African Camelot
BY THE TIME WE REACHED GONDAR I felt like I’d found my sea legs in Africa, meaning that I’d adjusted my expectations downward and put my guard up. We’d only been in Ethiopia for four days and already I was on a diet of soup and tea. Still, once we’d located a hotel and gotten…
In a Shithole Country: Lessons from Ethiopia
The next installment in my pocket series of travel books has been released. In a Shithole Country, like Bullets and Beans, shows what we can learn from unexpected places when we bother to look beyond the headlines. Ethiopia does not disappoint.
Bullets & Beans: Lessons from Colombia
I’ve just released my latest book, Bullets and Beans: Lessons from Colombia, which includes the story “Searching for Godzilla” (see previous post). The book covers a month-long trip to Colombia from the Amazon to the Caribbean, and a hike to the Lost City of Teyuna. Piranhas, pirates, lost cities… what more do you want? This edition…
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