Photo: Search for El Dorado

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This is probably the most famous piece in Bogotá‘s Museo del Oro (Gold Museum).  It is a stunning miniature scene depicting the Musica’s El Dorado ceremony, when the new chief assumed his powers.  The ceremony involved him painting himself with gold dust and dumping gold and jewels into a highland lake as an offering to [...]

Josef Stalin is not who you think he is…

Josef Stalin is not who you think he is…

When you hear the name ‘Stalin’ what comes to mind? Steel. Soviet. Dictator. Evil Man. Iron Curtain. Red Scare. Big Mustache. Nazi Killer. Follower of Lenin. Communism. Roosevelt’s Russian Friend. Not Russian? That’s right. “The Great Architect of Communism” is not Russian, he is Georgian. We visited Gori, a town about 90 minutes to the [...]

Berlin: Something’s different here.

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We landed in Berlin bleary eyed after getting up at 2 o’clock in the morning for our flight. (Danny never went to sleep) and immediately something was different. No less than 10 minutes after getting off the plane, we stood in line to buy train tickets, customs and immigration completed, luggage in hand. Right on [...]

Mummies, Pyramids and Margarita’s

Mummies, Pyramids and Margarita’s

Arriving in Cairo after two long days in the car, we were excited to check into our hotel and grab a drink. A long time ago a fellow blogger told us there was a Chili’s in Cairo and frankly we’ve been dreaming of nothing but a big serving of chips and salsa and an almost-the-size-of-your-head [...]