So, I am back in my home of Charleston now. I made the long flight from Tokyo to Dallas, where I had to wait for a few hours before making the final flight of my trip. On the plane, I…

When I was a kid, I did a bit of traveling with my folks.  And, no matter how far we were going or how long we were on the road, my mother would always say we were just “a hop,…

I chose to drive north towards Berlin rather than stay the night in Dresden so that I would be in a prime position to get up the next morning and return the rental car in downtown Berlin. It was nice…

I will never forget Daryn, the guy who picked me up as I walked the road beside Loch Ness and gave me a ride all the way back to Inverness.  I hadn’t been a person who really had hitchhiked before.…