Tip of the Tongue

  It is amazing how much life changes after a two-hour train or plane trip. One moment, you are in harmony with the world around you. In a (...

  Being a foreign visitor exposes one’s sense of nationality, eliciting varying reactions depending on country, circumstances and personalit...

  [cluttered desk] Some 40 years ago, I took the train to Rome after having spent a month in Germany. I vividly remember the feeling of chao...

  [calcuations of the hypotenuse*] One of my father’s favorite pastimes was arranging trips. He relished the process of making a few phone c...

  [circles in a tree trunk*] At a recent translator conference in France, I observed the reaction of the audience of several hundred people,...

  [airport hall*] Due to a personal situation, I had to fly to the United States from Israel on a moment’s notice, not an easy matter during...

  [Sacre-Coeur - Paris*] A few weeks ago, I wrote a post expressing my anxieties about revisiting Paris after so many years. Well, having re...

  [Paris roofs*] Travelling to an unknown location is exciting, at least for some people. The prospect of encountering a new culture, hearin...

Part of the adventure of traveling is the sleeping in a strange room. Despite all the picture and reviews available online, a person nev...

I travel abroad every year, mainly to visit family and, more recently, to attend translation conferences.   A meaningful, often the most...

In continuation of last week’s post on Ireland, I feel obliged to mention what Ireland has few of, for better or worse.   Of course, I coul...

My wife and I just returned from a wonderful trip to Ireland.  In the first of two posts, I wish to note those elements that distinguished ...