Category: History
Lithuania is a country I hadn’t even heard of before I started backpacking across Europe. While most people head to Vilnius – the capital, I ended up in Kaunas, …
Whether you know them by Sliabh Liag, the name in Irish, or the English name Slieve League, these cliffs in Donegal are dramatic, thought provoking, and impressive. That is …
More than a thousand years ago, viking raiders traveled the seas in their dragon boats and viking traders carried goods along the fjords. When raiders turned to more peaceful …
Deep South in the United States: New Orleans, Mardi Gras, music, balconies, beignets: they all go together. They each, along with many other things, form part of the story …
The Book of Kells. Where the book lives in the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin is quiet now. Folk from all over the world visit Dublin during the …
Derry: its name comes from the Gaelic name for oak, doire. In Gaelic legend, oaks are thought of as doorways or thresholds. So too the city of Derry in …
The United States: in the current state of turmoil and division, that almost seems a misnomer. Almost. Across the years, my colleagues and i have taken you to many …
The northern lights, the aurora borealis, are an iconic symbol of winter in the northern hemisphere, the stuff of legend as well as of scientific investigation. Perhaps you have …
Kerry Dexter December 2, 2020 travel stories, Africa travel, City or urban travel, Europe travel, green travel, History, Kerry projects, Parks and preserves, Travel, US travel Perhaps your travels of late involve neighborhood walks. There is much that can be learned with such walks. Right now, for a number reasons my walks take place very …
If you ever happen to make it to Cyprus, I’d highly recommend spending a day in Northern Cyprus to check out the awesome history. Cyprus is an island off …
Kerry Dexter November 17, 2020 encounters, Africa travel, Asia travel, green travel, History, Kerry projects, Middle East travel, South American travel, Travel, travel stories Paul Salopek began his current journey in Ethiopia. At this writing, travel changes and border closings find him paused in Myanmar. It has taken him seven years to get …
People walking all manner of dogs, runners, children playing, families having picnics, students with their books, tennis players: all may be in Kelvingrove Park at the same moment. Kelvingrove …
