Travel & Visitors Guide - March 10, 2008
Home is where the heart is
I had a great time on my 11-day light-speed tour of Germany, France and Spain. Maybe it was the 20-hour travel day from Munich to Amsterdam to Newark and finally to Milwaukee, but today has felt especially dramatic.
Tags: europe, paris, madrid, munich

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 5, 2008
Gradually making our way to Madrid
Blogging from a slowly boarding plane, which is at least 45 minutes late. Today has been frustrating.
Tags: Paris, Spain, France, CDG, DeGaulle, BMW, Madrid, Easyjet

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 4, 2008
A jam-packed final full day in Paris
Please pardon me if this blog is a little rambling. It’s 10:45 p.m., and we just got back to the hotel after 12 and a half jam-packed hours through the streets of old Paris, the Orsay Museum and Montmartre.
Tags: paris, europe, orsay, montmartre, bmw, european delivery program, madrid

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 3, 2008
Napoleon, that little guy with the Louvre-sized ego
We planned only three major sights for today’s agenda. First, we visited the Arc de Triomphe. Next, we strolled down the Champs-Elysees. Finally, we toured the major works at the Louvre. After a quiet dinner, we’re back at the hotel by 9 p.m.
Tags: paris, europe, bmw, european delivery program, louvre, france, arc du triumphe, champs-elysees, bercy

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 2, 2008
Versailles is ornate, Rodin is great, and the Seine is très bien
After a European breakfast of crepes and coffee, we set out for Versailles, the palatial estate of several kings, but most famously belonging to Louis XIV.
Tags: paris, seine, bmw, european delivery program, versailles

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 12, 2008
Tales in Translation
Although this blog isn’t about travel, per se, I had to post it as throughout my travels I’ve encountered some interesting misunderstandings in language. As a rule, I always try to learn at least a handful of words in the local language, however sometimes situations warrant mor...
Tags: language, tokyo, brussels, krakow, paris, tripoli

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 7, 2008
Journey, Past and Present
 “I had traveled from the haven of my hopelessness, and I was still traveling; the journey was also conversation; it was present and past, memory and fantasy; it was not life for me, but it was movement...”  Elio Vittorini If my physical exterior mirrored my inner senti...
Tags: Travel, Europe, Paris, France, Eiffel Tower, England, London Eye, Surrealism, Dadism, Victoria and Albert Museum, Iceland, Jules Verne, Thors hammer, Napolian, Potsdam, Friedrich the Great, Versailles