Category: Travel

I’m not saying that I have personal experience with any of these things… but here are some pointers on what to avoid if you happen to go to Italy. …

There’s been a lot of buzz about the horrendously unflattering article published in the New York Times about Salvador. Is it really is as violent as the article makes …

Before I came to Brazil, I don’t think I even knew a police strike was possible. But the Military Police in Bahia have been on strike for the past …

My rather melancholy Christmas had a surprise ending! Christian came home from work on Christmas evening and said, “I have the next 3 days off. Let’s go to Lençóis.” …

1. Brazil’s name comes from a tree Brazil’s original name was Ilha de Vera Cruz (Island of the True Cross) – given by the explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral when he …

Malandra Israelense #1 – The woman selling bread on a corner in the Carmel Market “How much is the challah?” I ask. “Ten shekels.” “Okay, we”ll take one.” “These …

Today I walked from Florentine to Yafo, then up through Neve Tzedek to Ha-Karmel Market, then east on Sheinkin Street until finally turning back south and heading home via …

5 ways NYC beats Salvador 1. The public transportation system. The subway can take you practically anywhere, AND we have buses and taxis as well. It’s unusual to wait …

Being back is both easy and hard. Easy because it’s a return to the routine, the familiar, the established. The normal. Returning is too easy. Hard because Bahia seems …

Man, the time passes quickly here in Bahia; suddenly my flight to the U.S. is less than two weeks away. Now that the date is so close, I find …