Puebla is reached after a couple of hours on a bus out of Mexico City past fields and under a little less smog than the capital. A stroll through the nearly 500 year old settlement took us past flat walled buildings rising straight up from the footpath with tiny balconies,…
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south of the border
/ 23/01/2013After the relaxed pace of my previous few weeks, cruising through the streets from airport to hotel in Mexico City was a challenge to take everything in. Despite a population hovering around 26 million, it actually didn’t feel crowded to me, the wide streets, footpaths, parks and urban sprawl seem…
deep in the heart of Texas
/ 17/01/2013Closing out my sojourn to the north, I’ve been relaxing with long-time friends in Georgetown, just north of Austin, Texas. Mandy and I worked at a summer camp in 1996 and I’ve been back a couple of times since then. When I think about it, I’ve been away from home…
thank you, thank you very much
/ 16/01/2013Elvis left the building many years ago. Just as well really as it would have probably been a little awkward to catch him hanging out in the Jungle Room. Especially as he didn’t call it the Jungle Room, that term stuck after it was opened to the gawking public. Lena…
bloody Shiloh
/ 16/01/2013We kept Anton out of school to give ourselves a local history lesson. Traveling east for about an hour from home we came to Shiloh National Military Park, also known as Pittsburg Landing. Producing over 23,000 casualties in two days – more casualties than America had suffered in all previous wars…