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 ...