Category Archives: USA 2008

Sometimes you just have bad days. Days when absolutely nothing goes right from the time you get up in the morning to the time you lay your head down at night. In my travelling career so far I can think … Continue reading →

Florida is weird. Their street system consists of numbered avenues and streets broken down by directional indicators. But most of the time it doesn’t make any sense. I was driving through some far-out country today and passed 122d Terrace. What … Continue reading →

St. Augustine. Oldest city in what is now the United States. New Orleans without the French influence. A lovely town. Impossible to pigeon-hole. Most towns – apart from the foundation places of stereotypes – are very similar. And most can … Continue reading →

Being down south I’ve spent the last couple of days pondering colonies founded by people other than the English. Fort Caroline in Jacksonville, for instance, was founded by the French in 1564 to lay claim to the now American South … Continue reading →

I had a great treat to look forward to today. I got to spend something like two hours with my brother. I haven’t seen the man since the day I left for Europe. So that was a great treat. I … Continue reading →