Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 16: Lessons learned, corners turned, bridges burned (finis)
Throughout this series, I've offered songs that I associate with the time of my first trip to Europe, and yes, I know quite well...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 15: Soviet times in Leningrad and the long trek back...
There was little if any Western pop music to be heard publicly in Leningrad in 1985. But this song was overheard playing on the...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 14: Meet the Finns — and hop a bus to...
Accompanying these recollections of my travel year 1985 are some of the songs I kept hearing while on the road. This video features an...
The Euro ’85 Pilgrimage Compendium
The Euro '85 Pilgrimage Compendium collects the installments of my series about "the first time" (the one you remember?) wandering the continent in 1985...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 13: Introductions to Oslo, Bergen, Stockholm and Uppsala
Previously: Euro Pilgrimage '85, Ch. 12: Omaha Beach to the Manneken-Pis and Little Mermaid.
In retrospect, the itinerary I sketched out for the waning days of...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 12: Omaha Beach to the Manneken-Pis and Little Mermaid
Previously: Euro Pilgrimage 1985-2025 Pt. 11: Sligo respite, Live Aid, then back to France for the D-Day beaches.
(I’m not a Bryan Adams fan, but his...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 11: Sligo respite, Live Aid, then back to France for...
Previously: Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser.
I exited the Sligo train station on a pleasant, sunny day...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser
Van Diemen's Land was the original name for the island of Tasmania, located 400 miles south of Melbourne, and notorious during the 1800s for...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 9: Lizard King in the City of Light — and...
Previously: Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 8: At long last, glorious beer in Salzburg and Munich.
Air travel digression: I wasn’t a very good flier 40 years...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 8: At long last, glorious beer in Salzburg and Munich
(I’m including songs I heard while moving through in Europe in 1985. I’d like to say that I recall music of local origin, but...
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Diary: Talking ‘bout my generation (subtitle: OK Boomer)
Recently a post by Chris Arnade (ar-NAHD-i) at X caught my eye.
I've written for the last decade about the educational divide in the US,...
Diary: Is it the end? A new beginning? Anyone? Bueller?
During the next few days, I’ll be concluding the online publication of Food & Dining Magazine’s “lost” Spring 2026 print edition (Vol. 89).
The Spring...
Diary: What’s next? Beats me, but I’ll think of something
Beginning today, I'll be posting piecemeal, online, the contents of Food & Dining Magazine's Spring 2026 (Vol. 89) print issue.
In the aftermath of John...
