Searching for a heart of gold

Back at New Buffalo.

Sure feels nice

Unique New York

It is pouring rain and pounding thunder and there are two girls doing a well choreographed rain-dance on the Barnard lawn.

I missed it here.

Paris, Je t'----

Springtime in Paris ... blah, blah, blah.

It's been beautiful here and some how I've been completely turned-off by taking pictures and/or site-seeing. Just sit and drink and eat. Things could be much, much, much worse.

My French is basically all gone and what remains is a mangled mess but I manage by the good graces of Cyrena and her various American-loving French friends. I had no idea such things existed.

Today I will go to the Montparnasse Cemetery and take pictures; The weather is appropriately grey and blustery.

A tout a l'heure.

Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany

Nicks
Mistaking straight for gay and gay for straight
Battle wounds (elbow vs. pavement)
Lost-and-found keys

Knacks
Bugermister
Bright-blue leotard
BIKES
Bust of Nefertiti
Babbling Aristophanes
Beautiful weather
BUDDIES

S.P.Q.R.

So Rome went like this ...

Private room at Laterno House

Piazza Noava, the Pantheon, Trivi fountain (three coins = return, fall in love, get married?), Capuchini Crypts (bone mosaics!), Spanish steps (beer at sunset), dinner in the Jewish Ghetto, American Bars

Ostia Antica (picnic in the ruins), Thunder storm, home cooked meal, whiskey and peach tea

The zoo!, sore feet, quiet night, EARTHQUAKE

Forum and Palantine hill (hot, croweded, no audio-guide, ancient), Basillica of San Giovanni, best Pizza, Tree folk

Leonardo Express to the airport

Not jam-packed but appropriately Roman I think.

The Rain in Spain

Around the world in 30 days

So I'm off ... the grand-tour itinerary is as follows:

March 26: Cairo to Barcelona
April 2: Barcelona to Rome
April 7: Rome to Berlin
April 15: Berlin to Stockholm, Stockholm to Ostersund
April 21: Ostersund to Stockholm, Stockholm to Paris
April 29: Paris to New York
May 5: New York to Los Angeles

I love Cairo; the past few days on my own have been great, but I'm ready to head "West". Ready to take my time and see my friends.

On y vas!

To the Sun God

Pyramids at Giza

"Alex" and the Delta

Lower Egypt

Karanis in the Fayum

Quiet Roman town for thinking

Hanging Church

Middle Egypt

Amarna, White Monestary, Asut, Beni Hasan, Sohagg

What a Relief

Upper Egypt

El Qab, Qubette el Hawwa, Elephantine, Philae, Kalabsha, Abydos, Karnak, Luxor

(that order in time, not in space, and certainly not as shown)

Nubia (seriously?)