The Secret World of London Clubs Part 1
Have you noticed how many men in British literature, films and TV mention going to “my club”? What are they talking about? This month and next we will explore London’s… Read More
Lew Toulmin, PhD, FRGS
Lew Toulmin, PhD, FRGS, is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of The Explorers Club. He has worked in 30 developing countries and traveled to 145 of the world’s 196 nations. He and his wife Susan live in Silver Spring.
El Camino de Santiago, Part 2: Regional Highlights
Two months ago I gave you some tips for tackling the famous Camino de Santiago 500-mile path across northern Spain. This month I’ll tell you about some of the highlights… Read More
The Death of Queen Elizabeth the Great
As a practitioner of emergency management, I have developed an informal theory (that I would never dare publish in any professional journal) that every disaster or major world event is… Read More
Top Tips for Tackling El Camino de Santiago, Part 1
Since you are reading this travel column, you doubtless have heard of El Camino de Santiago – the famous, UNESCO World Heritage pilgrimage path that runs for almost 500 miles… Read More
Texting and Virtual Travel to Save Democracy
Do you think our democracy is in danger? If so, do you want to do something to save it? I have found a way to travel virtually to key swing… Read More
Six Nix-Fix Ticks Sicks
Deer tick season is upon us, and Lyme disease and other tick-borne ailments are a serious health threat, with about one-tenth of Americans having been infected. Today I will give… Read More
Meltdown and Momentum at Madison’s Montpelier
After an epic struggle, equal representation on the Board of Directors has been achieved by descendants of the enslaved at President James Madison’s Montpelier plantation in central Virginia. This struggle… Read More
Who Sank the Moskva?
I predicted in this column back in mid-January, before the invasion of Ukraine, that Putin would invade and would focus on seizing the Black Sea coast, in order to strangle… Read More
Gotta Lemon? Rally LeMons!
Have a rusty “lemon” car in your back yard that barely runs? Love road adventures and general silliness? There’s a LeMons Rally in your future! This past month I hooked… Read More
Become a Digital Nomad!
Tired of that obnoxious boss? Sick of freezing winter? Peeved that your country and its pandemic has killed almost a million of its citizens, and is sliding from democracy into… Read More
The Fate of Ukraine
My best man at my wedding – a great guy and U.S. citizen – now lives in Ukraine with his Ukrainian wife and family. I want to travel there and… Read More
In the Right Wake of Ulysses?
As an economist I was trained to make gargantuan assumptions and then reason from them – reality be damned! So let’s make some: First, in 2022 Covid will be whipped,… Read More