Yes, Luxembourg is a tiny country, but I wish I’d spent more than an evening there. In Europe, if you are stuck at the airport hotel,...

Say it with me: Hauptbahnhof. What a great word “train station” is in German. I was recently in Germany for work and I had a free day to...

The Cable Car Power House. RL Fifield, 2009. San Francisco is the city where I started to learn to look, compose, and photograph. I feel...

I’ve been working on a short story for years about a friendship slipping into an unfamiliar place. One of these days I’ll fish it out of...

Hagerstown? Where’s that? I recently attended a living history event at Fort Frederick State Park in Big Pool, Maryland. Restaurants are...

Scads of photographs accompanied Mrs. G. and I on our return from our Lincoln Highway trip. Showing them to her husband, Mr. G’s comment...

After my work trip to St. Tropez in 2008 (see last week’s post) I also stopped for a couple of days in Aix for another job. Here are a...

In November of 2008, during the time of the last presidential election, work took me to southern France. Here’s a clip of my travel...

Rotterdam Harbor. RL Fifield, 2009. When you mention Rotterdam to so many Europeans, they sigh. Ms. A’s Dutch friend remarked “Well,...

Siracusa. RL Fifield, 2007. I conjure Siracusa, and bite my lip. It’s wonderful. Layers of civilization created this hauntingly beautiful...

But instead, all I got was this tiny seat on a tin-can of an airplane. I investigated the details of how I would possibly get to...

Bicing – Bicycles for rent in Barcelona. RL Fifield photo, 2008. Make sure you slip in that “th.” Bar-thelona. Crazy architecture. Eating...

Bicing – Bicycles for rent in Barcelona. RL Fifield photo, 2008. Make sure you slip in that “th.” Bar-thelona. Crazy architecture. Eating...

Stockholm: scary sandwiches, incredible museums, and the beautiful islands which serve as the city’s perch. Stockholm. RL Fifield photo...

Stockholm: scary sandwiches, incredible museums, and the beautiful islands which serve as the city’s perch. Stockholm. RL Fifield photo...

Balyeat’s Coffee Shop. RL Fifield photo, 2005. Gas was 99 cents a gallon in the Midwest in May of 2005. Driving east across the Indiana...

Balyeat’s Coffee Shop. RL Fifield photo, 2005. Gas was 99 cents a gallon in the Midwest in May of 2005. Driving east across the Indiana...

Santa Cruz County, Arizona. RL Fifield, 2009. My great uncle started a cattle ranch near Sonoita, Arizona in 1952. Sonoita isn’t a town...

Santa Cruz County, Arizona. RL Fifield, 2009. My great uncle started a cattle ranch near Sonoita, Arizona in 1952. Sonoita isn’t a town...

Grand Central Terminal. RL Fifield photo. When I leave the city, it’s either on a plane or a train. On a plane, you have little sense of...