the big fat world

You walk around Paris long enough and you will see just about everything. I saw illegal immigrants bolting from the Eiffel Tower when the cops showed up, I saw teenagers doing everything but the big ‘S’with their clothes on in the Metro, and numerous bizarre Parisian signs.
So, on my next to last day, roaming around [...]

If Vietnam were your leg, Mui Ne would be located right around your ankle, just above Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Not a hot spot on many travel itineraries like Hue or Hoi An, but Mui Ne houses the most amazing martian like red sand dunes that you won;t see anywhere else.
Pair the natural beauty [...]

In my 2nd installment of OMG, it’s a Weiner Dog in…., I want to feature my favorite long dogs in my favorite country, Poland. In Poland the dachshund is so revered, they hold a doxie parade in Krakow (link is Polish but the photos aren’t) every Aug/Sept. Poland’s jamnik (dachshund) (yom-nik) is all around as [...]

Krakow is the most beautiful city in Poland. It’s central square square is unmatched, it has one of the oldest universities in Europe, and thanks to luck, it was not destroyed during WWII.

Paris, oh Paris. Literature and fantasies live up to this city being the most beautiful in the world. She has been through a lot throughout the years with civil wars and foreign occupations. Just think that Hitler ordered Major General Dietrich von Choltitz to destroy Paris if the Allies forced the Nazis out. Much to [...]

Going to Auschwitz and its sister camp, Auschwitz-Bikenau is a extremely painful experience. The first time I went was in 1998 and returned again in 2007.
To get to camps, you must go by way of Krakow and take a train to Oswiecim (ohshe-venshum). From there you can take local buses or pay a few zloty [...]