Pizza and Peroni. Molto bene!

Just across from the Opera House on Las Rambla, 11:59A. My waiter is Salman.

The locals call it Gib. (Pronounced "Jib.") Gibraltar is an odd place. Owned by the Britain. Surrounded by Spain. And only a few dozen miles across the Strait to North Africa. (Morocco, to be exact.) Since the 1700s, it has been one of the most strategically important...

Our current position is 36° 33.67' N 006° 19.32' W We are approaching Cadiz, Spain where, as my former and current military readers will recognize, is across the harbor from Rota where the United States has a sizable military, mainly naval, presence. Yesterday...

Wednesday, 9/16/15 1:00PM Last night was one if the roughest I've ever enduring on a ship of any size. It was cold, raining with winds gusting to 85 kts, averaging around 60 kts. I'm assuming many passengers had their heads in wastebins as doors swung open and slammed...

This is allegedly the largest port in Europe. It was the home port of early Dutch explorers in search of gold and spices. It was also the embarkation point for ships carrying millions of immigrants to you-know-where. In spite of being quite prosperous, Rotterdam is...

I apologize for offering this up as my first look at London, but I have about an hour before I get picked up and it is the most expedient. I wanted to get these photos posted before my wi-fi goes away. I will happily confess that I have been to Graceland. More than...

I'm staying at a hotel called the Park Plaza Riverbank on the Albert Embankment. It's not near the Thames, it is on it. I'm just down the street from the Vauxhall underground station and just west of the Lambeth Bridge. I walk out the front door and have a view across...