Historical White-Washing?
Just south of Dubuque, Iowa on US-52 is Mines of Spain, a state park which, despite driving by innumerable times since first moving to Iowa in 1972, I had never…
Return To Office Insanity Part III
I've blogged my feelings on the inanity of RTO mandates, forwarded innumerable links purporting that people are as/more product remote and definitely happier, shared my feelings with anyone willing to…
Temperatures and Technology
May 25, at gate awaiting boarding for MSP to CDG flight. Monitor at Gate G4 providing helpful information. Yeah, sure. It was not 27°F but 27°C; in fact, Paris broke…
Keukenhof Street Organ
Keukenhof's street organ, The Adriaen, was built in 1978 from the remnants of a 1920 Belgium dancehall organ and has been at Keukenhof since 1990. The organ was built by…
Kleine Berlin
Kleine Berlin is the Italian pejorative for the area of Trieste where German soldiers were worked and lived during World War II. Kleine Berlin also refers to the air raid…
Hungarian Revolution Memorial
An unexpected find while walking through Boston's Financial District: a statue commemorating the failed 1956 Hungarian uprising against communist rule. Commissioned by the Hungarian Society of Massachusetts, the statue was…
Unique Restroom Signage
As seen at the Lipica Stud Farm in Slovenia. With 24 official European Union languages, originality is required to get patrons to the correct bathroom: Madame/Monsieur (French), Damen/Herren (German and…
Desperate Times For Britain?
Is this what it's come to? A fairly nondescript flyer poorly taped to a bulletin board in Bassano del Grappa, Italy, apparently begging continental Europeans that they are relevant ten…
Technology Run Amuck?
Next stop: Zürich Airport! Screen time for all, not a personal interaction in sight. Sigh.
Italy Rental Car Fiasco
I thought the logistics were straight-forward: land in Venice, pick up the rental car, and drive to Portorož, Slovenia to speak at tech conference. Then suddenly it wasn't, and our…