Living On the Edge

There are certain rules about how one should eat when traveling to parts of the world prone to travelers diarrhea. These are things one should do (or not do) to stay healthy. Things like not eating uncooked food that you can’t peel, and only eating food served hot. One should only drink beverages from unopened […]

Everything Is Edible Once

I stood in the Detroit airport terminal gazing out at my plane. This hasn’t been a cold winter so far, but much colder weather is coming soon, and a storm as well. In front of me as I waited to board, a grizzled 757 stood parked, waiting to take me to warmer climes to the […]

In Which I’m Bored With Diamonds

It rained today in Antwerp, so I was glad I had planned stayed in town and would never be too far from my hotel refuge, if I would need it. I started the morning with a walk along glistening wet streets to find breakfast, and then explored the area around the Royal Museum a bit. […]

In Which It Didn’t Rain in Antwerp

You can almost always tell what part of a museum you are in, or what kind of museum you are in, when you hear the disembodied voices speaking somewhere. They’re usually eerie and disconcerting, almost unintelligible due to a harsh overlay of static. They’re supposed to be these things, I guess. As I consider it, […]

One of the Best Museums I’ve Been To

My hotel in Antwep is in the Zuid, the southern part of town. It’s a more residential area, but is an easy tram ride to the center of town. One of the nice things about the hotel, however, is that it’s very close to the Royal Art Museum. The museum has been closed for 10 […]

In Which I Planned Poorly

I checked three sources before deciding to go to the Groeningemuseum today. Had I checked a fourth source perhaps I would have found that they were closed on Wednesday, not Monday (as the other sources had all indicated). It was a bit confusing, and then disappointing, to get to the gate of the museum and […]