The Adventures of Travel Penguin

This adventure started three weeks ago today, and we have another ten days or so to go.  We are trying keep a slow measured pace.  Saying, y...

The first time J and I went to England we looked at all of the tour books, and maps and planned out a long route that allowed us to see EVER...

  I was sitting on a bench on the National Mall and this guy broke into a full on sprint as he went past.   It reminds me of two things.   T...

Where am I?   Carcassonne France, a medieval walled city in the southeast of the country. We are here for a couple of nights, then slightly ...

I remember when I finished high school thinking that I was finished learning.  Mr. Van Hoff, the senior English teacher assured us that we w...

Health Update On May 13, 2015 a talented team is surgeons removed a tumor from my spine and rebuilt a section of it. I am held upright by si...

The salaries paid in professional sports should be embarrassing.  Billions of dollars (or Euros, or Pounds, or Dracmas) are spent in pursuit...

The ship came in this morning, almost two weeks, slightly over 5,000 miles of travel.  No icebergs or sea monsters.  With hotel WiFi I will ...

I was reading blogs one Sunday evening, and a friend posted that he had spent Sunday, thinking about a meeting with his boss on Monday. He h...

  I was out at Mt. Vernon the other day, and overheard a teenage boy exclaim, "EWWW I stepped in something, these shoes are ruined!...

I have written about my Uncle Dick, this is actually a Great Uncle, he was married to my grandmother's youngest sister Florence, or Flos...

I can vividly remember walking the trail along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, and realizing how iconic it is.  I love visiting places li...

  When I took this photo, I included the guard, standing with her back to me, for scale.  That is one big cock.  I spoke with her, she said ...

We have arrived in the Canary Islands,  I turned on my phone for 24 hours only. We had a delightful crossing. About 3800 miles across the mi...