On Sunday, we took a pleasant train ride from Frankfurt to Heidelberg. The only snag upon arriving was that we realized neither of us had bothered to find out...

I was blessed with the opportunity to meet up with Angie in Germany for a week. She was allowed to take 10 days of R&R from her assignment in...

After a wonderful visit home to Virginia and Maryland for Christmas I returned to Salisbury with a sense that my last month is going to fly by much more quickly...

The holiday season is upon southern England, with the lighting of the Christmas lights in Salisbury, candlelight Advent service in the Cathedral, and Christmas markets having sprung up in nearby...

I was treated this past week to a visit from my friend Jo, whom I was able to show around Salisbury and the nearby areas. We visited the nearby...

After 4 busy, but extraordinary, days in Rome we joined a pre-arranged tour group that would take us on a 3-day visit to the excavated ruins of Pompeii, the beautiful...

Wow! Rome! Where do I start? My overall impression is that everything is massive, ancient, bustling and busy, and generally overwhelming for the senses. Having just...

Well, OK, it was mostly business that brought me to Cardiff, but I did get out for a couple hours to see Cardiff Bay. It actually reminded me a...

The first day of summer brought me the motivation to get outside and out of Salisbury for the day and it seemed time for me to hit the trail again...

A bright sunny forecast for the weekend resulted in planning this pub walk to a little village called Wilton, which is nearly an hour north of Salisbury, and close to...