Egyptian Spirit Guides – Mohamed Nazmy & Emil Shaker
This is the 2nd excerpt from my work-in-progress memoir, Travels Through Egypt. This is the last part of chapter 3. If you have a suggestion for the name, let me… 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…
The center of Madrid's little-known wine country is just southeast and southwest of Spain’s capital. Wines of Madrid are considered quite young, dating only to 1990, even though Madrid’s wine history… Read more…
or some of us, our tours are marked by visits to islands of happiness; for others, we seem to travel from tragic place to tragic place, as if the only hotels open to us were the sad, run-down ones where the mattress sags, the coffee is cold, and the staff is only ever rude. Read more…
Learning From Religious Festivals
It was Easter on Sunday. And Passover started Friday. And that got me thinking about the religious festivals and holidays I've seen in other parts of the world. Read more…