Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

I have just posted a series of travel guides to Bali, Rome and Naples, following the footsteps of Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat Pray Love”, now showing in the cinemas with Julia Roberts in the role of Gilbert. I went to Bali in September last year, Rome in October, Naples and the Amalfi Coast a [...]

What used to be a 4 hour plus train ride is now only 3 hours and 18 minutes. The Thalys TGV between Paris and Amsterdam is finally running at its intended speed. After many years of incompetent bumbling around, the Netherlands railway authority and the Dutch government finally got their act together. This comes years [...]

Lovely day in the city, I am about to work on my Mac Book.

The best time to visit Rome is NOT in the summer, but in the early fall or in the spring. October is a perfect because the churches and museums are not as crowded, the restaurants are serving classic autumn dishes such as tagliolini with black truffel, and the air has a cool crispness that encourages [...]

Find more videos like this on ProjectExplorer.org’s Good Global Citizen I posted this video because I share the same feelings about travel. In my visits to developing countries I’m always humbled by this: that people who have much less than I do are much gentler, kinder, generous and thankful. So now when I’m feeling resentful [...]