“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” ― Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It

“To see the world, things dangerous to come, to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life.” ― James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Much of my travel has resulted from living in Europe during my two Fulbright grants: Kosovo (2012) and Romania (2016-1017). Pictures of many trips can be found in my Facebook albums. (Some of these albums are available only to “friends.”)

2023

• Emirates (UAE): Abu Dhabi, Dubai
• Oman: Khasab
• Türkiye: Bursa, Edirne, Doğu Express (Kars to Ankara)

2022

• Norway: Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromso, Kirkenes
• Lebanon: Beirut, Baalbek, Anjar, Ksara
• Türkiye: Istanbul (currently residing in Istanbul), Ankara
• Hungary: Budapest
• Austria: Vienna
• Germany: Munich, Oberammergau
• Oaxaca, Mexico
• Guatemala: Guatemala City, Antigua
• El Salvador: San Salvador

2021

• Czechia: Prague, Czesky Krumlov
• Poland: Warsaw, Krakow, Auschwitz
• Cruise: Mexico
• Alaska: Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, Seward
• Mexico: Mexico City

2020

• Colorado: Denver, Boulder, Estes Park
• Peru: Lima, Cuzco, Agua Calientes
• Canada: Winnipeg, Churchill

2019

• Cuba: Havana
• Nepal: Kathmandu
• India: Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Varanasi

2018

• Hong Kong
• Macau
• Vietnam: Saigon, Hoi An, Da Nang, Hue, Hanoi, Halong
• Taiwan: Taipei, Taichung
• Colombia: Cartagena and Medellin

2017

• Italy: Florence, Pisa, Cinque Terre, Genoa, Bergamo, Vicenza, Parma, Bologna
• Georgia: Tbilisi, Mtskheta, Gori, Uplistsikhe
• Armenia: north region
• Romania: Iași, Sibiu, Sighișoara, Timișoara, Arad
• Northern Ireland: Belfast
• Ireland: Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway
• Cyprus: Larnaca, Nicosia, Limassol
• Montenegro: Kotor
• Croatia: Dubrovnik
• Türkiye: Istanbul
• Netherlands: Rotterdam
• Luxembourg: Luxembourg City
• Germany: Münster
• Slovakia: Bratislava
• Hungary: Budapest
• Morocco: Fes, Meknes, Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech
• Palestinian Territories: East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho
• Israel: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
• Croatia: Zagreb
• Bosnia: Sarajevo
• Slovenia: Ljubljana, Bled

2016

• Moldova: Chisinau
• Spain: Seville, Granada, Madrid
• Portugal: Lisbon, Faro
• Ukraine: Kyiv
• Romania: Bucharest, Craiova, Brasov, Bran, Constanta
• Türkiye: Istanbul, Göreme (Cappadocia)
• Albania: Durres, Kruje
• Italy: Bari, Naples, Pompeii, Rome, Bologna
• Austria: Innsbruck, Salzburg
• Germany: Nuremberg, Cologne, Munich, Oberammergau
• Belgium: Brussels, Bruges
• England: London, Cambridge
• Scotland: Edinburgh, Glasgow
• Iceland: Reykjavík
• US: Washington DC, Baltimore
• Belize: Belize City, Bermudian Landing, Hopkins, Caye Caulker
• Costa Rica: San Jose, Cartago, La Fortuna, Santa Elena
• Belarus: Minsk (just the airport, but I still had to secure a visa)
• Finland: Helsinki
• Estonia: Tallinn
• Latvia: Riga
• Lithuania: Vilnius
• Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg

2015

• Egypt: Cairo, Alexandria, Aswan, Luxor, Hurghada
• Mexico: Mexico City
• US: Arizona (Grand Canyon), Washington DC, New Orleans

2014

• Canada: Vancouver, Victoria
• US: Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis
• Türkiye: Istanbul, Izmir, Selcuk/Ephesus
• New York City
• Washington, DC

2013

• New York City
• Washington, DC
• Las Vegas

2012

• Denmark: Copenhagen
• Sweden: Stockhagen
• Norway: Oslo
• Poland: Poznan
• Germany: Berlin
• Spain: Barcelona
• Italy: Milan, Florence, Venice
• Kosova: Prishtina, Peja, Podujeva, Mitrovica
• Greece: Athens, Thessaloniki
• Türkiye: Istanbul
• Bulgaria: Sofia
• Macedonia: Skopje
• Switzerland: Zurich, Lucerne
• Netherlands: Amsterdam
• Germany: Munster
• Albania: Tirana
• Serbia: Belgrade
• Hungary: Budapest
• Austria: Vienna
• Czech Republic: Prague

2006

• England: London, Canterbury
• France: Paris
• Italy: Rome