Podcast Transcript For thousands of years, Yemen has been one of the most important crossroads in the world. It was home to ancient kingdoms, the legendary land of Sheba, the port that gave mocha coffee its name, and a strategic gateway between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Its mountains, tribes, empires, and divisions …
From the World Heritage inscription for the Historic Center of Siena: Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pursued their rivalry with Florence right into the area of urban planning. Throughout the centuries, they preserved their city’s Gothic appearance, acquired between the 12th and 15th centuries. During this period the work of …
I’m in Vienna today for Easter Sunday. In 2009 I spent Holy Week in Jerusalem. Witnessing Easter, Passover, Palm Sunday and Good Friday in Holy Land was an experience I’ll never forget. Here are some of the image I took during that week. The Good Friday procession down the Via Dolorosa follow the ancient route …
My featured travel this week is Sherry Ott who is an accomplished travel photographer and blogs at Ottsworld.com. Sherry has been travel about as long as I have and I have met her on two continents, most recently in Valencia, Spain. Sherry Ott just completed driving from London to Mongolia in the Mongol Rally. A …
Podcast Transcript Leave a message for the 6th anniversary show! June is upon us. It is the month of your solstice of choice, depending on your hemisphere. The month of June comes from the Roman goddess Juno, who was the protector of the Roman state. She was also the queen of the gods, being both …
Podcast Transcript In 1921, one of the most prosperous Black communities in America was attacked, burned, and nearly erased from memory. The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, also known as Black Wall Street, became the site of one of the worst acts of violence in American history. The number of estimated dead was in the …
Being away from my home country for so long—I’ve been traveling the world since 2007—but it didn’t just amplify the pet peeves I had about America. This time away has also given me a greater appreciation of the things that are good about America. Whether you’re visiting the country or you lived here your entire …
Podcast Transcript Before the United States entered the Second World War, it had a problem. The military’s administrative staff was spread out all over Washington, D.C., and struggled to function. The solution was a new massive building. Built in just 16 months during the urgency of World War II, the Pentagon began as a temporary …
Podcast Transcript Following the collapse of the Toltec Civilization, the Aztecs rose to prominence in central Mexico. The Aztecs constructed the most powerful state in the Americas, guided by a supreme emperor and a spiritual worldview that viewed human sacrifice as essential for cosmic stability. By the 16th century, the Aztec Empire was finally overcome …