Travels
January 1, 2014
Fran & Rich’s Journey to Hell and Back: East Timor, Nauru, and Tuvalu The Beginning of the Journey Our travel agent, Audrey, named this the trip […]
January 1, 2014
Our Trip to Moldova and the Breakaway Republic of Transnistria (2014) By Rich Juro Fran and I journeyed to Moldova in southeastern Europe because it was […]
January 1, 2013
A Visit to Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, Including the History of the Jews of Suriname (2013) Suriname Some questions you may have about Suriname: Where […]
January 1, 2013
There are actually 5 “Stans”. The ones listed in the title above, plus Tajikistan. They are located in Central Asia, south of Russia and west of […]
January 1, 2013
Journey to Bolivia: Moon Goddesses, Titicaca, Shamans, Floating Islands, the Original Copacabana, long-lost Cousins, and other Oddities After a wonderful visit to Peru, Fran and I […]
January 1, 2012
Fran‘s Namesake City and The Almost-Absolute Monarchy The Marshall Islands We just had to go to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. We hadn‘t been there, […]
January 1, 2012
Privileged Prisoners in “Alcatraz East”, How Fran Was Almost Arrested, and Other True Stories At the Pyongyang, North Korea, airport immigration counter, the unsmiling guard states: […]
January 1, 2007
We were quite excited to sign up for a two-week tour of Ethiopia. The land of the Queen of Sheba, Emperor Haile Selassie, and the Black […]
January 1, 2004
Greetings (or as son Kevin says in Kiwi-speak, “Kia Ora”), We’re back from Down Under and it was (in retrospect) an excellent trip. We started with […]