Truth and Nutella in Ukraine, Part 1
“Pravda” means “truth”. It also happened to be the name of the Soviet state newspaper during the Cold War. Truth can be fickle, subject to [Read More…]
AuthorChuck Ros
Thanksgiving Can Be A Difficult Week
A cousin of mine passed away a few days ago. He was 57. Needless to say, that’s too young. And this sort of thing just [Read More…]
The Foundation of Human Society
A Travel Essay Watching a presidential press conference the other day, I began to wonder, what brings about the collapse of a society? I’ll tell [Read More…]
Backpacking Across Europe Is For Pansies. We’ve HITCHHIKED.
This past fall, we did something we’ve never done before: we hitched a ride from Seville, Spain to Carvoeiro, Portugal. That’s right, this “prime of [Read More…]
Our 5 Favorite YouTube Travel Channels
If I could tune our radio into a worm hole and communicate with myself of twenty years ago, I might tell Younger Chuck about some [Read More…]
A Preoccupation With Travel Planning
A couple of weeks ago I emailed a colleague to tell him we’d be passing through his neck of the woods and suggesting we and [Read More…]
Cheers to Slowing Down in 2018
By my calculations, we’ve flown, driven, ridden, and cruised about 60,000 miles in 2017. That’s a lot, even by our standards (and a whole lot [Read More…]
The Greatest Travel Writer There Ever Was
This month we have been traveling fairly well nonstop for three and a half years. Insofar as much of that time we have literally been [Read More…]
Why Is Everyone So Angry?
I took a philosophy class in high school. That’s not a boast, yet neither am I ashamed of the fact. I won’t tell you why [Read More…]
England’s 41 Cathedrals
There are 41 Anglican (Church of England) cathedrals in England, and as of this week we have seen them all. Some Americans plan to visit [Read More…]