Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Quote: Ambrose Bierce ...

ROAD, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.

-- from The Devil's Dictionary, 1911

Monday, June 7, 2010

Rome, Italy ...

March 2007. The Trevi ...

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Quote: Nancy Mitford ...

"Abroad is utterly bloody."

-- from Love in a Cold Climate, 1949

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Slieve League, Ireland ...

March, 2004. Highest cliffs ...

Friday, June 4, 2010

Quote: Henry David Thoreau ...

"It is not worthwhile to go around the world to count the cats in Zanzibar."

-- from Walden, 1854

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Honolulu, Hawaii ...

June 2008. The Arizona ...

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Quote: Elizabeth Drew ...

“Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.”

-- from The Literature of Gossip, 1964

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

New Orleans, Louisiana ...

November 2008. Bywater warehouse ...