Twelve Mile Circle - An Appreciation of Unusual Places - (scroll down ...

I received an offer for an all-expense paid trip to Germany. However it came with a catch, a big one. It wouldn’t be a vacation, I’d be working. Usually my work travel takes me to less memorable places like the five trips to Philadelphia last year so...

I thought it would be fun to wrap up this series by comparing impressions from my original visit to Australia in 1997 to my return there in 2018. A lot remained the same although I also noticed some discernible differences too. Of course I couldn’t ignore...

We’re getting close to the end with this penultimate article in the Australasian series. Thank you for bearing with me. I thought I would shift my focus and provide an update on various lists that I maintain. I’m known to be a bit obsessive-compulsive...

Longtime readers probably guessed that eventually I’d talk about beer and breweries that I found during the trip. I’m so predictable.
Naturally I focused some research on this topic ahead of time so I’d be prepared. I did find one surprise, though. It turned out that beer trends in the United States seemed to cross borders almost instantaneously. Just about every brewery in New Zealand...