ScottJul 17, 20151 minSmithsonian Folklife Festival - Featuring PerúWow! The Smithsonian Folklife Festival, which featured the people, culture, food, art, craft, and music of Perú, was an inspiring experie...
ScottAug 8, 20145 minGerman Culinary Delights!I have already written about the wonderful wursts and the best beers I enjoyed while traveling through Germany. Of course, German cuisin...
ScottAug 5, 20143 minA German Beer OdysseyWARNING: The following post is rated M for Mature, due to alcohol reference and use of alcohol. Of course Germany is world-renown for its...
ScottJul 31, 20143 minThe Best of the "Wurst"Germany is infamous for its many varieties of Wursts (pronounced 'versts'). Here in America, we call them sausages. As I learned on my ...
ScottJul 30, 20142 minMunich MishapThe photograph above, which I took in Munich, has nothing to do with my story, but I have to share this tale of yet another incident that...
ScottJul 28, 20142 minRomantic RothenburgAhh, Rothenburg! It is the quaintest and possibly best-preserved walled medieval town in the world (OK, maybe just Germany, but, still). ...
ScottJul 25, 20142 minBeautiful BambergBamberg is a quintessential medieval German town with very old and, for the most part, original timber framed buildings, rough cobbleston...
ScottJul 25, 20142 minGerman Customs ControlSo, I had a brand new adventure today. Somewhere on the A-4 between Dresden and Weimar in the small town of Chemnitz, the bus was pulled ...
ScottJul 25, 20143 minTwo Days of Amazing FoodI have neglected to write for the past two days because we have had two jam-packed days in Dresden Germany, with an extension to Gorlitz,...
ScottJul 20, 20143 minPotsdam ProblemsToady, we visited Potsdam, Germany, which is just outside of Berlin. It is probably most famous for the Potsdam Conference, which occurre...
ScottJul 19, 20142 minHistoric BerlinAccording to our guide, today was an unusually hot day for Berlin. It was in the mid to uppers 80s! And we spent a large part of the day w...
ScottJul 18, 20142 minWest Berlin AdventureAfter I got to the hotel today, I learned that I had about seven hours until the tour officially started with a group dinner. Seven hours...
ScottJul 17, 20141 minAuf Wiedersehen America!Well, I made it through the baggage check-in and security at Dulles in less than thirty minutes. I even had time to enjoy a Starbucks and...
ScottApr 16, 20142 minChina Trip – New Culinary Experience – Beijing Breakfast Street FoodAfter a hearty breakfast at the hotel buffet, I decided to take a walk down the street outside our hotel to find a different street vendo...
ScottApr 15, 20142 minChina Trip – New Culinary Experience – Peking DuckA duck inviting us into the Bian Yi Fang Roast Duck Restaurant After the Pearl Market experience I was quite hungry! Who knew four and a ...
ScottApr 15, 20144 minChina Trip – Beijing – Hong Qiao Pearl MarketHong Qiao Pearl Market I need to preface this post by saying that I do not consider myself a big shopper. In fact, I am fairly frugal, sa...
ScottApr 15, 20141 minChina Trip – New Culinary Experience – Chinese School LunchDelicious and Nutritious! I wrote previously about our wonderful day at Hei Zhi Ma Primary School, truly the highlight of my trip! What I...
ScottApr 15, 20142 minSchool VisitA lesson in discipline and respect One of the high points of my trip so far was the visit to a primary school in Beijing. We visited two ...
ScottApr 14, 20142 minChina Trip – Beijing Night MarketsUnexpected delights around every corner St. Joseph’s Church The evening after our Summer Palace/Tea Tasting experiences, we had free time...
ScottApr 14, 20142 minChina Trip - New Culinary Experience - Chinese Tea HouseCulture, Tradition, Ceremony Tools of the trade Following our visit to the Summer Palace, we were treated to a tea tasting in a tradition...