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Peru: Making beer, cracking nuts

I don’t even drink beer, but I participated in a beer making session — well, a truncated version — while on a return visit to Peru earlier in 2025. The beer was, in fact, the country’s famed chicha de jora, or corn beer. The drink itself is nutritious, my group’s

2025-07-16T21:14:37-04:00July 14th, 2025|My Travel Corner, Uncategorized|

Sweden: A capital location

Stockholm has lots of islands and lots of enticing museums. This past summer a travel companion and I spent a few days getting acquainted with a few of each. Parts of Sweden's capital were built on 14 islands, located on the east coast of Sweden. Most tourist visits center on

2023-10-09T17:36:57-04:00October 9th, 2023|My Travel Corner|

Anywhere: Of festivals and war zones

It was my first trip to Asia and my first day in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital. After hotel check-in, I made a beeline to the traditional market area. I walked among temples, big sculptures, numerous ceremonial sites — and an awfully lot of people. The crowds kept growing with folks gathering

2023-09-27T12:56:13-04:00September 27th, 2023|My Travel Corner, Uncategorized|

Norway: Following the fjords

The dictionary defines a fjord as “a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes.” That’s a precise but inadequate collection of words when measured against the real thing on the west coast of Norway. The numerous fjords that turn Norway’s coast into a jagged line are routinely,

2023-09-16T23:13:36-04:00September 16th, 2023|My Travel Corner|

Norway: Bergen and Bryggen

Our tour guide said that Bergen, a port city on the west coast of Norway, has attracted outsiders for centuries, both as traders and settlers. Then she made the point with her own story: Although our guide was born and raised in Bergen of Norwegian forebears, she said DNA

2023-09-13T09:52:21-04:00September 10th, 2023|My Travel Corner|

Czech Republic: Karlovy Vary’s grande dame

The Grandhotel Pupp, in the Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary, dates to 1701; however, the two main buildings that one sees, and sleeps in, date from the late-19th century heyday of Czech spa towns — and a time when Karlovy Vary was called Carlsbad. The hotel section now referred to as

2022-06-21T20:49:49-04:00June 17th, 2022|My Travel Corner|

Prague: Hotels quirky, fun — and practical

My recent itinerary to the Czech Republic opened and closed with stays in Prague, in two hotels opened just this spring and located across a tiny square from one another. Further, they are only a couple of blocks from the Powder Gate Tower and a short additional walk away from

2022-07-03T19:58:49-04:00June 17th, 2022|My Travel Corner|
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