Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, May 2018
Travel
Grand Canyon
As I stand at the south rim of the Grand Canyon watching the sun set 30 years after I last stood there, I ask myself if it has changed. Has it gotten smaller? Is the canyon not as deep or as wide as it once was? Three days later, after walking the entire Rim Trail, […]
Seeing America Slowly
Many years ago when I was maybe 8 years old, my parents picked up a stack of pamphlets at a travel fair and among those where a bunch praising Amtrak‘s trains. Most of the pamphlets ended their lives by being cut up by my sister and me and used in scrapbooks. I remember pouring over […]
Postcard from Chicago
It wasn’t until right before I stepped on the airplane to Chicago that I realized it would have been smart to book an extra night there. Chicago is known as the birthplace of the skyscraper and has fantastic architecture. Architects such as Daniel Burnham, Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe have left […]