Palace of the Popes, Avignon, France
There was a time when the popes did not live in Rome, but instead at Avignon, in Southern France.
Tom Bartel
Soaking up the Yeats Experience in Sligo
More than 35 years after our first visit, we returned to Sligo, the town and the county of Ireland made famous by the poetry of W.B. Yeats. We wanted to … Read more
A Short Visit to Tossa de Mar, Catalunya
As part of the travel blogging convention we recently attended in Lloret de Mar in the Costa Brava region of Spain, bloggers were treated to their choice of day trips … Read more
The Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
The Sagrada Familia, the fantastic basilica of Antonà GaudÃ, it the one can’t miss attraction of Barcelona.
We’re Giving Up Traveling: Our Next Venture
What Europe is really missing is a genuine American store, where you can buy the most American products of all: automatic weapons.
Temple of Sobek, Kom Ombo, Egypt
The temple of Sobek at Kom Ombo is yet another of the fascinating temples along the Nile. I like this one because it’s dedicated to Sobek, and who doesn’t like … Read more
Six Random Photos of the Nile, Egypt
I shot all of these on two occasions while we were cruising up the Nile. The ones of the boats were shot off the balcony of our cabin on the … Read more
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Cairo, Egypt
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali (no relation to the boxer) in Cairo was built in the first half of the 19th Century by the then ruler of Egypt Muhummad Ali … Read more
Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt
One of the best things about the Egyptian ruins that line the Nile is that most of them were only recently excavated. The famous Nile floods had buried them in … Read more
The Pyramids at Giza, Egypt
Everyone has seen a million pictures of the pyramids at Giza, but you can’t really do them justice until you see them up close. Or from a distance so you … Read more
