• Beer Hiking in the Land of Rainbows

    Hiking from Runding to Cham to Roding offers a great little slice of the Bavarian Forest and a chance to experience a bit of local beer culture. The route travels …

    Spanish Bites

    A screaming man shakes his wild, curly hair slinging beads of sweat in every direction. He gives another man an …

    A Multi-day Trek in the Serra Tramuntana

    I love the idea of long-range hiking routes. Typically arranged to support multi-day itineraries, these kinds of routes let you …

    C(be)erveza – beer culture in Spain

    Although I like to combine my hiking trips with exploration of local beer culture, I didn’t expect to be doing …

    Urban Walking in Asturias

    Oviedo has the feel, history, and all of the trappings of the graceful European city that it is. Plentiful pedestrian …

    Cafe Hands

    “Your eyes may be the window to your soul, but it is your hands that really define you!” … Prasanna Ellanti …

    More Cow Bell

    I have to say that I was caught off-guard by the dramatic landscapes and rugged mountain valleys I encountered in …

    Hiking Around Segovia

    Segovia and the surrounding area turned out to be great for walking and hiking.  In addition to the walking in …

    Spain Legs in Segovia

    Segovia … I had never been there and I hadn’t studied up on the place. The first thing that came …

    Imagine the stories playing out in this photo!

    Village in Iran by Mohammadreza Momeni via onebigphoto …

    VWMacroMacroBus

    Imagine if Arlo Guthrie had this VW at the time of the Alice’s Restaurant Massacree …  it would have taken …

    Want to put things in perspective?

    This short YouTube clip takes a tour of the largest photograph ever taken … a multi-gigapixel image of Andromeda from …