TRAVEL THE WORLD (WHILE STAYING AT HOME) BLOG

Of all my friends, Karina is the most dedicated to helping me find a restaurant from every country. We have driven into Los Angeles after...

Two years ago on Mother’s Day, my daughters Kristen and Kaitlin gave me a scratch map of the world. A scratch map is a map with color and...

Chile has the perfect book to read while sheltering in place during a pandemic along with great food, art, movies, music, and poetry....

My favorite countries are those where I can find a voice, not of an outside observer, but of a native participant in the culture. It’s...

We have two tracks for the Central African Republic – the track where we see forest elephants and hear Bayaka music, and the track where...

Big country, lots of options! To keep this blog post from getting too long, I’ll just pick my favorite from each of the ten provinces and...

Cameroon has personality! Watch for the subtle irony – okay sometimes not so subtle. The resources I found to travel to Cameroon while...

Movie Night! After blogging on several countries where I didn’t find any movies, Cambodia feels like a film festival. Cambodia has been...

Someone once told me, “I thought only poor people use libraries.” I have never considered myself poor, but I couldn’t possibly afford all...

Some books touch me more than others because of personal connections that may not be obvious. I found two such books about Burundi along...

The upbeat young adult resources from Burkina Faso were a fun break for me and not at all what I expected from a poor country with a...

Ancient freedom fighters, vampire graves, and Iron Curtain drama aren’t the only options for virtual travel to Bulgaria. We can also...

The one person I know who visited Brunei bribed her way in with a bottle of vodka (alcohol is illegal in Brunei). But that was a long...

We have music, martial arts, dance, food, city life, rainforest exploration, art, and literature, and most of it comes with the push of a...

Lions, hyenas, elephants, and yes, even metalheads pale in comparison to the brilliant leadership that developed Botswana into Africa’s...

I’ve eaten in two Bosnian restaurants and have four more on my list that I want to try in California. The first was Aroma Café in Cheviot...

To travel to Bolivia while staying at home, we need a good drink, good music, and either a good travelogue, movie, or book. We have all...

The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner introduced me to Bhutan. Weiner traveled to happy countries around the world to see how they...

I remember the 1990s when I had a business suit with Bermuda shorts. I loved that suit and although it passed out of style in the United...

In this blog, we'll travel to the country of Benin with a side trip to the nearby Kingdom of Benin in Nigeria. First stop will be an...