▼
Friday, October 6, 2023

Yom Kippur War, 50th Anniversary, Remembering the Carnage of Armor

›
A Syrian Tank in the Golan, 1973 On 2pm on October 6, 1973, near the end of the Yom Kippur fast by Jews, Egypt and Syria, backed by auxillia...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

Ig Nobel Prizes 2023

›
The 2023 Ig Nobel Prize Winners The 2023 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded on September 14. Video and details of the ceremony are at improba...
Saturday, September 23, 2023

Post COVID, Laundromats are Lonely Places

›
In three of the seven countries I visited on this trip, I went to a laundromat. When you travel with just a backpack, clean clothes run out ...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Eurail Pass App--So Much Better and Cheaper than Tickets

›
When I wrote about airlines, good and bad, my conclusion was: choose the airline with the best app, because data matters .  This year I boug...
Saturday, September 16, 2023

Musee de l'Armee in Paris: A Vast Museum of French Military History

›
On this trip to Paris, I visited the  Musee de l'Armee  or the Army Museum. With more than 500,000 artifacts in 12,000 square meters (3 ...
Friday, September 15, 2023

Paris Training Race and Recovery

›
  After riding in the Alps on the weekend, I was able to ride in Paris twice.  On Tuesday, I went to the Hippodrome in the southwest corner...

Autoworld Brussels--The American Cars

›
Autoworld Brussels has many groups of cars in its huge collection. One big group is American  cars.  Mostly mid century. Some real beauties...