Photo: America’s Oldest Brewery

Yuengling

We’ve been known to sample a beer or two on our travels, but there will always be a special place in my heart for Yuengling (pronounced ying-ling), an eastern Pennsylvania tradition.  Opened in 1829 by a German Immigrant, Yuengling is still brewed on the same location today as it was when the factory moved after [...]

Photo: Chinese Goldfish

Chinese Goldfish

We were walking along a lake in Chengdu, China when we came upon a fish feeding station.  As visitors dropped the food pellets into the water, the fish literally flopped on each other trying to get the treat.  It was complete chaos in the five by five foot area and almost creepy to watch so [...]

Good, Bad, Ugly: Hotels

Carlisle Bay - Room

Anyone who has taken a weekend away knows that lodging can make or break your travel.  Get a bad hotel and the entire experience can become unpleasant. Good: Siem Reap, Cambodia We took a chance and followed the advice of our hotelier in Phnom Penh.  We booked with his buddy hotel, $25 a night for [...]

Photo: Great Zimbabwe

Ruins of Great Zimbabwe

Blame my Western focused education, but it wasn’t until late in my schooling that I ever heard of a large civilization existing in Africa (besides Ancient Egypt) before the Europeans arrived.  To me it had always been the “Dark Continent” where awful pillaging and plundering had gone on for centuries.  Of course over time my [...]