From Babylon to Rome

Christmas! wow it starts early here. We got back from our vacation in Italy this summer (well, early September) and lo! and behold! Shops w...

From Babylon to Rome: History in the (un)making

Yesterday I went to the Ring to watch the kilometre-long funeral procession of Otto von Habsburg, who died on July 4th. Why, you ask? why, ...

Tuesdays, ah, Tuesdays. My long and busy day. Got home late-ish and decided the perfect post-prandial would be a movie. Fortunately, ther...

Achtung! looonnnggg post ahead! Am disappointed to be missing a party I really wanted to be at, due to some weird flu-like things that rende...

I'm starting to rely overly on my gps to get around this curly- streeted city. Nonetheless, I may have overstepped the possibility of ev...

Periodically I look through holiday photos and am astounded at what other people find attractive. I love these stairs, and according to Pic...