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Places

Traveling as site-seeing is enjoyable. I’ve done that.  But my nagging inquisitiveness and my drive to capture the unusual has pushed me to peer down life alleys.  And from those experiences has come an adaptability to discomfort, a flexibility for what I don’t understand, and enduring stories that can be told and retold.  Here’s some of what I’ve discovered.

Be sure to click/tap on photos for a closer view. And check out Barcelona, New York, and Saudi Arabia & Beyond.

Local Musicians

Barcelona

Barcelona

Florida

Naples

Florence

Boats and Boaters

Belfast ME

Man and woman in skiff

Belfast ME

Ogunquit ME

Sardinian Coast

Rockport MA

Ordinary, Everyday Life

Tokyo

Naples

Qingdao China

Qingdao China

Big Places That Made Me Feel Small

Marseille

London

Florence

The Complexity of Train Stations

York England

Maastricht Netherlands

Stairs to Trains

Harrisburg PA

Durham England

York England

Manhattan New York

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Woman half-hidden by peppers in Barcelona marketplace

Barcelona

Barcelona is an explosive visual experience of architecture, markets, and street folks, dominated by the billiant imagination of architect Antoni Gaudí whose mystifying church, La Sagrada Familia, has been under construction for over 140 years. Then there is the brilliant colors of the marketplace and the absorbing daily lives of locals.

New York+

Do cities intimidate you? Cities scared me as a kid. It still takes some confidence-building to visit a new place. But after spending time in many of the world’s biggest cities — Tokyo, Bangalore, Riyadh, San Francisco — I now know how to see, really see, and enjoy the urban experience. Here’s what I recommend for one of my favorite metropolises: NEW YORK CITY.

Night shot of ornate courtyard in Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

Saudi Arabia & Beyond

Over the years I consulted in Saudi Arabia and explored the Arab Gulf region, I was fascinated by the area’s opulence of magnificent mosques and ambitious commercial developments, by the implosion of multicultural people in the “oasis” cities — Riyadh, Jubail, Dubai — by the graciousness of everyone, especially Saudis, and by the love for the desert.