( link to my slide show from Tunisia ) Last year I traveled to Tunisia. Although a beautiful country, the presence of Ben Ali was felt everywhere. Giant photographs of him were in every major town and in peoples homes. As the world has come to know during the past […]
Birmingham is a dynamic city with a lot to see and do for the traveler. Southern Hospitality is alive and well and you can find it at the following places. I stayed at the Hyatt Place in Down town. Spacious rooms, a pool, a nice little bar and a breakfast […]
Daniella Esturillo, the general manager of Gillmore and daughter of its founder Francisco Gillmore told us funny stories at dinner. She is one of those superenthusiastic people with a child-like bright smile and wide open eyes that find a silver lining in even the darkest of times. When the earthquake […]
The Santiago General Cemetery in Chile, (Cementerio General de Santiago), rivals the great resting places of the world. Often compared with the Recoleta in Buenos Aires, it is larger, the size of 80 football fields. Many of Chile’s past Presidents and heroes are buried here, except of course Augusto Pinochet, […]
Sloss furnace in Birmingham Alabama operated from 1882 until 1972. It produced pig iron from its huge blast furnaces. The narrow cat walks tunnels and rusted metal machinery is on a scale that is intimidating when you think of the power that was unleashed when it was all running. The […]
