Fun Facts About Leiden
Fun fact #1: You can get pancakes that are bigger than your head. Seriously — these things are huge: I had this pear and whipped cream pancake at Pannenkoekenhuys Oudt […]
Tag Archives: Churches
Tramping Through Tampines
The area of northeastern Singapore known as Tampines — now a major Regional Centre (read: giant suburb) — was once little more than a twine of mangroves, mudflats, and swamp […]
Balestier: 3 Major Monuments
In my last post, I wrote about wandering along Balestier Road on the National Heritage Board’s Heritage Trail. The final segment of that walk takes you clear off of Balestier […]
The End of the World
The ancient Greeks believed that the gate to Hades lay in an underground cave beneath Cape Tenaro (also called Cape Matapan), the southernmost tip of mainland Greece. It’s a remote […]
Western Mani Beauty
The Mani, the area in the southwestern finger of the Peloponnese, has traditionally been one of the harshest, driest, most remote areas of Greece. It was one of the only […]
Rocks and Water
We had to pass a ruined church, a ruined house, and a ruined wall to access our Airbnb apartment in Kato Chora. But Jocelyn and I spent a full three […]
Nearly Nowhere
The Parnonas mountain range slides down into the southeastern finger of the Peloponnese, eventually terminating in an area that is almost empty of people. Jocelyn and I entered this area […]
Skoutari & the Rock
We always make one or two pilgrimages to Skoutari, one of the best beaches within shouting distance of the farm in Koumani (though at a half-hour drive, it’s a pretty […]
The Old, the Fresh, and the Fun
As I traveled up and down the East Coast this summer, I found myself gravitating toward things that you rarely find in Singapore. Once you’re back in the US, as […]
Jalopies and Jesus
The Philippines has been a Catholic country for centuries now, thanks to the arrival of the Spanish nearly 500 years ago. Ferdinand Magellan himself started the conversion efforts on the […]
