November 10, 1975, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, “a damp, drizzly November of the soul”
It happened forty-nine years ago today, in the cruelest month of the year, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a maritime tragedy surpassed in notoriety
We (‘Spice’ and ‘Magellan’) are a newly retired couple with a passion for active independent travel. One of our first trips after turning 65 was to Spain, which explains its melodious word for retirees—jubilados—in our tagline. What will you get by taking vicarious trips with us? Ideas, insight and inspiration.
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It happened forty-nine years ago today, in the cruelest month of the year, the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a maritime tragedy surpassed in notoriety
Graffti inserts itself like the blade of a knife between creation and destruction, between publicity and furtiveness, between word and image, cartoon, icon, and hieroglyph.
Tighten your stirrups for the wild ride through the legendary story of the Gang Ranch in British Columbia’s Cariboo Chilcotin where Magellan and I drove
A small dot on a small map created by our small hotel. That’s how we discovered Chef Davide Carreri at Zaza, the best restaurant among
The van slowed to a stop. Never mind that we were on a sinuous road, narrowed on both sides by Menorca’s parets secas, mortarless stone
Old Faithful in America’s Yellowstone National Park is considered the most famous geyser in the world. However, that honour actually belongs to Iceland’s Great Geysir,
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