In Which I Heed My Own Advice

Charles sat at the table next to mine at lunch yesterday. He is from Yellowknife in Western Canada and he is traveling alone. This is his second trip to Italy, and he will be here for a month and a half. Yesterday, he arrived in Bologna, having taken the bus from Bari. He took the […]

Three Days

My train pulled into the Bologna Centrale station shortly before 2 pm. I have three days in Italy and was well behind schedule; when time is short every hour counts. My flight was delayed leaving Newark due to nose cone damage, and my mind raced. Then the Leonardo Express train from the airport to Roma […]

Butterblogger Returns to Land

It’s been a long time, my friends, but Butterblogger has returned at last. I know I haven’t posted since my day at the Genocide Memorial in Rwanda way back in September, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been traveling – it just hasn’t been anything I would consider to be blogworthy. You see I’ve been […]

They’re Always There, We Have But To Find Them

“Whoever saves one life saves the world entire.” Oskar Schindler was given a ring with that Talmudic inscription by the people he saved. I couldn’t help but reflect on those words today at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where we spent the afternoon commemorating the lives lost in the Rwandan Genocide, a catastrophe of humanity that […]

Of How I Slighted Busan

Today all started long before this trip, and the outcome reflects my utter lack of understanding of Korea during the planning phase, and this ignorance extends even further to Busan. As I was considering my options for this trip, I’d asked ChatGPT to suggest an itinerary, and the initial iteration had me spending a few […]

One Perfect Moment

I smelled the Jagalchi Market before I saw it. It’s the distinctive fetor of creatures from the deep sea that have been out of their home environment for far too long, and it made my nose cringe. Still, the walk through the market was fascinating, and is one of the big draws for many people […]