We’ve spent the last five days (as Kaoru also writes) in Firenze. There are lots of tourists here too but it’s much more laid-back than Venice was. We’re staying with a man in his sixties named Gennaro who happens to be a great cook and a Chomsky fan. We’re leaving for Siena tomorrow, which is […]

I’ve already talked about one part of Erik’s question on Nationalism regarding American Nationalism and whether or not most people outside of North America “hate Americans”. Although I can offer many stories (and I probably will) over the next few months, the simple answer is that it usually depends on how open minded the people […]

It seems that I have a chip on my shoulder for European cities that I perceive as overrated. Prague was one example and Venice was another. I was not prepared to have a good time as we disembarked from the train, especially after such an enjoyable and relaxing week in Slovenia. I had also grown […]

Since I’ve had some time at a computer with no internet connection, I have been able to catch up on many of the things I want to write about. Some of these are my own ideas, and some are intended to answer Erik’s questions. I will be using WordPress’s (the software that runs this website) […]

Back in the Balkans for one last time this trip, we arrived in Slovenia on Friday. Part of the reason we are here is because we traveled for so long in Turkey.
About halfway through our tour of Turkey, we were beginning to get very tired. We had been sick and had also eaten one too […]