Paying respects at the US Army cemetery in Tunisia
Here we and all who shall hereafter live in freedom will be reminded that to these men and their comrades we owe a debt to...
Africa
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Exploring the glory of fried dough in Tunisia
As best as I can tell every culture in the world has developed one common dining standard: they all love fried dough covered in sugar....
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A walk across history at the Bardo Museum in Tunis
Many museums suffer from the difficulty of having more items in their collection than they can show at any one time. The Bardo Museum, located...
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More Marrakesh street scenes
I don’t really have any great stories to go along with these photos. They’re all from the 4 days we spent in the Medina of...
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Escaping central Tunis for the beauty of Sidi Bou Saïd
It took us rather longer than planned to make it to Tunis. And once we did we were pretty much ready to leave. Part of...
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Across the pond in Lufthansa First Class (Part 1: MUC First Class Lounge)
When I first booked the award trip to Africa we were booked in business class the whole way. After all, if you’ve got the points...
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But [we] wait in Casablanca—and wait—and wait—and wait
Little did I know that, on the eve of our great North Africa adventure, our decision to screen Casablanca would be the inspiration for one...
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Just another strange day on the road
Every now and then maybe I should take the hint that “today” is just going to be one of those days. The morning started reasonably...
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Why we will not be in Algiers for New Years Eve
We were supposed to be, but that’s just not happening. Well, first we were going to be in India but those plans got derailed so...
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Shake down, break down….we’re busted
Spend enough time driving in Ghana and you’ll be singing this Bob Seger ditty, too. In my case it only took about an hour for...