The picture for this month’s wallpaper is from Oaxaca Mexico Regular width (1600 x 1200) without calendar Widescreen (1920 × 1200) without calendar To use: 1. Click the link above to open [...]

Rounding out a week’s worth of pictures of doors is this door from Toledo, the former capital of Spain. I found this on one of the back streets by just trying to [...]

I just got this letter today from Rick: in your last episode of This Week in Travel you spoke about MiFi (verizon) and WiMax (clear.com) and others. For me, MiFi is too [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Madeline Jhawar from Italy Beyond the Obvious about life as a tour guide for an adventure travel company. Madeline was previously on the Amateur Traveler talking about [...]

What’s wrong with this picture? This is the front door to a restaurant in Santorini. But where is the restaurant? Because the towns on Santorini are often built on cliffs this door [...]

Visit London with the Amateur Traveler: This video shows some of the pageantry of London both current and historic as we ran into a ceremony at Saint Paul’s cathedral, visited the New [...]

I had a chance to fly the famously cheap European discount airline EasyJet last month. I have a little better idea why so many people have a love / hate relationship with [...]

Speaking of buildings that have seen better days, this one from my trip to Oaxaca caught my eye. This door has become a patchwork as they have endeavored at least 3 times [...]

propaganda column of culture Originally uploaded by jimmiehomeschoolmom Say what? I have to think someone did a translation of a Chinese word and came up with the word propganda without realizing the [...]

Sofie met us in the lobby of our hotel somewhat out of breath from traffic in Prague snarled by a fresh snow storm. Sofie was there to give us  guided tour of [...]