How the Freemasons Helped to Found America
How did all of these disparate fellows, whose lives should never have even overlapped, come to share ideals common enough to form an entire nation? What causes a poor printer and a wealthy land owner to be... Read more…
After lunch, I wanted to smoke a hookah. Mohamed, our other guide, laughed. “You mean a shisha, my sister. What kind of flavor do you want?” Shisha (called a hookah in places like Turkey),… Read more…
All the Arabic You Really Need to Learn
After you’ve been in Egypt for a little while, even a week, you start to realize that a basic understanding of Arabic must start with the following conversation: “Saba al… Read more…
Searching for Reality in Rennes-le-Château
Though this is a relatively recent building (at least by ancient standards) it is a beautiful piece of architecture in its own right, and this locale has had Read more…
Spiritual Travel Opportunities Abound
we are thrilled to be returning to Madrid, Barcelona, and that gastronomique center, La Mancha, for our Tilting at Windmills: Wine, Tapas and Tales tour! I mean, where else can you go that has a "Museum of Ham?" (actually, as series of tapas bars, but how fun is that?) Read more…