by staff | Jul 24, 2019 | Travel
Originally published in the 1998 San Francisco Bay Guardian Living Late in Madrid Cairo’s Slow Fast Finding Peace in Israel Jordan: Jewel of Arabia Turkish Hospitality Bulgarian Mysteries Legends of Romania Hungarian Rhapsody China’s New Revolution My Life...
by staff | Jul 24, 2019 | Travel
Originally published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian The Avenue of the Giants splits the redwood groves so dramatically it seems Moses paved the road with a wave of his cane. I imagine the Sinkyone Indians, who lived here for thousands of years, hunting and...
by staff | Jul 24, 2019 | Travel
Originally published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian “”Mojave Desert!” Bill called out from behind the wheel, somewhere in the center of the night. He and I are the only ones awake on this desert caravan to Death Valley, the Green Tortoise’s...
by staff | Jul 24, 2019 | Travel
Originally published in the San Francisco Bay Guardian “How delightful it is, and how it makes one’s pulses bound to get back into this reviving northland wilderness! How truly wild it is, and how joyously one’s heart responds to the welcome it...
by staff | Jul 24, 2019 | Travel, Uncategorized
“You come one? Bravo! Bravissimo!” the old woman said when I checked into the Malyovitza lodge. I had traveled all day on Bulgaria’s winding country roads to reach this small resort town in the Rila mountains. Sofia, Bulgaria’s capitol city, is a...
