Tag Archives: Europe

Traveling Close To The Gorge

Posted on February 7, 2025 by nathanalbright

Iykyk, The South Gorge area of Mount Ararat, located in eastern Turkey near the borders with Armenia and Iran, is a rugged and remote region that attracts trekkers and mountaineers. Here are the main travel routes and the closest cities/towns … Continue reading →

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Aristocratic Escapades: British Tourism in Continental Europe During the Peace of Amiens

Posted on December 14, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Peace of Amiens, a brief respite in the tumultuous Napoleonic Wars, offered a unique opportunity for British aristocrats to venture across the Channel and explore the cultural and historical treasures of Continental Europe. This period of relative peace ignited … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts On Taipei International Airport, or Your Reward Is Another Long Hike

Posted on October 11, 2024 by nathanalbright

As I write this, yesterday morning, I arrived at the Taipei International Airport, which reminded me in many ways of LAX, an airport I notoriously despise and one which I nonetheless find myself changing planes not infrequently because it is … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Between Giants

Posted on August 11, 2024 by nathanalbright

Between Giants: The Battle For The Baltics In World War II, by Prit Buttar My instincts concerning this book are somewhat mixed. Although I do not come from the background that would be the obvious market of this book, namely … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lingo

Posted on January 11, 2024 by nathanalbright

Lingo: Around Europe In Sixty Languages, by Gaston Dorren I probably would have enjoyed this book a lot more had it not been for the very beginning and very end of the book. In the first paragraph of the book proper, the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Geography Is Destiny

Posted on August 10, 2023 by nathanalbright

Geography Is Destiny: Britain And The World: A 10,000-Year History, by Ian Morris While it is hard to think of this now, for the vast majority of human history, the British Isles were a peripheral area that was at the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The World Today Series 2022-2023: Western Europe

Posted on July 20, 2023 by nathanalbright

The World Today Series 2022-2023: Western Europe, by Wayne C. Thompson As is customary when I am planning a long trip, I tend to want to read books that I think will help me in my travels to understand where … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lotharingia

Posted on June 15, 2023 by nathanalbright

Lotharingia: A Personal History Of Europe’s Lost Country, by Simon Winder At first glance, this book might seem to be a whimsical and lighthearted book about a ghost nation formed out of the Treaty of Verdun in 843 between the … Continue reading →

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Little People In Harm’s Way

Posted on June 10, 2023 by nathanalbright

For the past couple of days or so I have been reading a book (review forthcoming) that is about the little peoples who inhabited the area originally known as Lotharingia. This name is not likely to be very familiar to … Continue reading →

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A Visa By Any Other Name

Posted on March 11, 2023 by nathanalbright

It is unclear why governments in the contemporary era seem so intent on not calling things by name. At what point did it become too much to simply call a spade a spade, or a visa a visa? When one … Continue reading →

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