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Innsbruck: Protected by the Clouds

Posted on June 26, 2014 by matthew

The mountains cradle Innsbruck Continue reading →

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Beer Garden in the Rain

Posted on June 26, 2014 by matthew

First night in Innsbruck.  It’s started raining again.  But I’m sheltered safely in the beer garden under an umbrella, not planning to leave soon.  My feet, pants, and umbrella are already wet so it’s not in an effort to stay … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Innsbruck: So Wet You Can’t Get Any Wetter

Posted on June 26, 2014 by matthew

I walked through the rain in Innsbruck.  Jeans soaked to my upper calves.  Not wanting to turn back to my hotel.  Not wanting to miss a moment.  After my reading-while-riding-backward-on-the-train headache wore off, I headed out.  The skies threatened.  I … Continue reading →

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I Heard My Language On the Train

Posted on June 25, 2014 by matthew

The American voice on the train stood out above the consonants and vowels of all the other languages. Continue reading →

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Train Anxiety

Posted on June 25, 2014 by matthew

European train travel has a way of making me feel anxious. Continue reading →

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Gaudi and a State of Beige

Posted on April 11, 2014 by matthew

How the architecture of Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona makes me crave color. Continue reading →

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Traveling as a Mortal

Posted on January 15, 2014 by matthew

I had a disturbing thought while driving today, which I am typing up without much additional thought.  Is travel really a reminder of our mortality, as much as a celebration of our living? We travel to places on our bucket … Continue reading →

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The strangest hotel museum. Ever.

Posted on November 19, 2013 by matthew

Tucked in the basement of a century-old hotel in downtown Frostburg, Maryland, once home to cock fights and a speakeasy, is the strangest hotel museum I have ever encountered. Continue reading →

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Travel Quote

Posted on June 26, 2013 by matthew

Travel Quote: A big, bearded man … tells me the story of his life, which concludes with the line “I was too stressed out working at the Hilton, so now I just take the ferry back and forth.” Continue reading →

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Moved by the Movies

Posted on June 25, 2013 by matthew

Vienna, I fell in love with you in a movie. But you have not been my only one. I fell in love with Paris and Venice, too, even though they have never looked at only me. Continue reading →

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