Note: I usually write these post-trip gear and workflow reviews a couple of months after I return from a trip. I’m writing this in January 2026 – many…
Here is London and Paris 2009 – the video highlights of my quick trip to London and Paris last August … Technical details: Videotaped with a Canon HV-10…
I’m up early to spend Sunday in Paris. After a taxi ride to London’s St. Pancras train station, I board the Eurostar train to the Gare du Nord…
After U2 last night, I get a late start today. First it’s back to Westminster for a “flight” on the London Eye. The view from 400′ above the…
After yesterday’s whirlwind tour I decide to ease the pace a little. I take the tube from Kilburn Park to Russell Square station … … and spend some…
Arrived last night at about 9:30 p.m. and after clearing UK customs made my way from Heathrow to Kilburn Park on the London Underground. This is a quick…
Note: I usually write these post-trip gear and workflow reviews a couple of months after I return from a trip. I’m writing this in January 2026 – many…
Our 10 day trip Beijing, Xi’an, Guilin, and Shanghai compressed to about 2 minutes … Technical details: Videotaped with a Canon HV-10 HDV camcorder and edited using iMovie.
Many Chinese begin the day with Tai Chi, so we’re up early visiting a park to watch. We spend the rest of the morning discussing Chinese life with…
Sunrise on Day 9 reveals Shanghai as a complex combination of modern high-rise apartments buildings and older neighborhoods. On a dark and dreary morning we start with a…
A short post today. Day 8 is mostly a travel day. We board the bus to Guilin Airport and then take Shanghai Airlines flight 9336 to Shanghai Hongchou…
I’m up early thanks to a rooster crowing outside the hotel. Last night we arrived in Guilin after dark and had no idea what the city looked like. …
Day 6 starts with a visit to the Xi’an Cultural Exchange Museum … … And then on to the Dayan Ta Great Wild Goose Pagoda … After lunch…
The overnight train to Xi’an seems like it was made for a great night’s sleep. Gently rocking over the rails, I should have been out cold. But instead,…
Today is our last day in Beijing, so while the bus is loading up I have some time to take a few pictures of the street in front…
Michael S. Liberman