Category Archives: Venice

Urban Escapades: Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham AL

Back in the days, this sprawling city was coined with all the negative words that frequently paint today’s news with dark ambiance, from racial violence to deadly bombings; well, that was in the 60s. Birmingham today is surprisingly calm and

Venice: Queen of the Adriatic

Venice Gondola

When I first flew to Italy to visit Venice, I thought I knew more or less what to expect: there would be canals in place of streets, and pole-boats instead of cars. I was definitely curious to see it, but