You’ve come so far! You made the considered decision to move overseas. You’ve researched and selected a country, and gotten the visas and paperwork so
You’re getting serious about moving overseas when you start to consider paperwork. Yeah, you can go just about anywhere on a tourist visa. Lots of
You’ve shopped around and have decided where you’d like to emigrate to. Great! If you are of working age, your next step is going to
Current events have brought out the quadrennial dreams of life elsewhere. Couldn’t we blow this pop stand? Leave the United States? Move to that Paradise
Our own Phyllis Irene Radford celebrated the publication of her 50th book with a party at Orycon 44, the oldest SF convention in Oregon. It
Everyone has seen Indiana Jones, I know. So you will recognize this image. Petra, the rose-red city half as old as time, is now more
The Dead Sea is one weird place. For one thing, the water really is dead. It tastes terrible, reminiscent of Ajax detergent, and you would
Nobody tells you how large the Pyramids are. They are mountainous, gargantuan. It would be easy to mistake them for natural objects. Many of the hillocks
During the Roman Empire Cairo wasn’t much of a place. It was overshadowed by Alexandria, downstream on the Nile Delta, founded by Alexander, the capital
There are sights that are tightly linked to location. You go to London, you visit Trafalgar Square. And yeah, in Cairo, you are going to
The ancient Egyptians were into animal representations of the divine. It wasn’t that they actually believed that Thoth had the head of an ibis. The
A few years ago we took a cruise. This was an expedition postponed because of Covid, and involved sailing around the boot of Italy. Due
What do we travel for? To see thrilling art, to eat new foods and drink interesting beverages. But above all, it’s to see. We yearn
