THE GIG ECONOMY CELEBRATES WORKING YOURSELF TO DEATH ( Read more... )

The scariest part about this is that the heat doesn't usually get bad in Europe until late July and August ( Read more... )

Lost In The Waves
The tsunami engulfed Europe too, as millions grieved for those caught in its maw

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Arrived safely and managed to find the hotel after 3 days of driving around Catalonya. Greasy fried tapas stuff at a local dive joint; we're in a 4-star hotel on the edge of town across from the Forum site and 10 minutes from the far North edge of the Beach -- by the port, unfortunately. Far from the center. Our choice tapas bar was 5 blocks ( Read more... )

Baroš brings down Danes
Czechs win! ( Read more... )

Šmicer seals Czech progress
European Cup Soccer! ( Read more... )

OK, this is bizarre: in a Bulgarian town of 4,000 people, it is extremely unusual to see a 7'4", 325 pound black man walking down the street. But I had seen the sports center and knew there was a club basketball team (the best in Bulgaria) that stayed here in town sometimes. And Steve told me there was an American player on the team. So I ( Read more... )

I have been here more than 2 days now; it's a nice little village. The little theater was playing "the Last Samurai" last night, so I watched it. It was my second time -- my opinion of it the first time was that it should be called "Dances with Katsumoto." I told the Dean it would not win any academy awards. I liked it a little better this time ( Read more... )

It is a total pain to deal with our US embassy these days. I stopped by at the end of my lunch hour. This means walking around a fenced off enclosure 10 yards surrounding the entire compound of buildings to the guard tower, showing a passport and answering questions from 4 Slovak security guard to get to the door, then 2 more Slovak security ( Read more... )

I flew across the Indian Ocean, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary today. What did you do?

I could easily see such features as the Nile River and Lake Nasser, Addis Ababa and Alexandria, Crete, Santorini, Mykonos and Kronos, Thessalonica and the Iron Gate project on the Danube River.