Considering Germany's history of lens and camera craftsmanship, it's not surprising to find great photography galleries in Berlin. Berlin’s a city begging to be recognized for something other than its cold war history. [...]
Changing exhibits, illuminated texts, mummy hands, and musical instruments are just some of our new discoveries in Florence. I never feel like I've seen it all, and I never feel like leaving this ever-evolving city.
It's no accident that the so-called great Western religions grew out of the desert. Because the desert affects the brain. If you're out there too long, you begin to see things. And believe things. Things [...]
No stupid people allowed at East Jesus. Or maybe just no people? Here's the thing about the desert: it really wasn't meant for people to live in. That's why the few people who [...]
Descent from the Cross, by Roger van der Weyden, ca. 1435 A great museum is one that has great works, ones that stand out. Ones that make up the high points of a [...]
Arles, France is a lovely city for many reasons. Perhaps the best is that Vincent Van Gogh lived there for a year near the end of his career and painted some of his most famous [...]
Late in his life in Aix en Provence, the painter Paul Cézanne painted Mount Sainte Victoire dozens of times. It was just up the hill from his studio, and he frequently made the walk up [...]
One of my travel "tricks" when we visit Barcelona is to stay at the Barceló Sants Hotel on the day of our arrival. It's right at Barcelona's main train station, so if we're coming by [...]
2014 was our biggest year of traveling yet. We visited 19 countries, including a long driving trip in the western United States. We saw, in order, the United States, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, [...]
There's a lot of debate about the Vasari paintings that cover Florence. I think the safest thing to say about Giorgio Vasari was that he was a better businessman than a painter. He got the [...]
