Feb 28th, 2009
Riga, the capital of Latvia is a beautiful and historic city that has about 4000 years of recorded habitation, though most historians consider its founding to be when German traders arrived in the 12th century, and a long and trying past, as Latvia has had only about half a century of independence total in all [...]
Feb 3rd, 2009
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg is on the Elbe River and is one of Europe’s largest ports, but it is also a great city to visit and go just this side of wild in. The Beatles made their name here in the smoky cellar bars in the St. Pauli district near the famed Reeperbahn, Germany’s and maybe Europe’s [...]
Sep 26th, 2008
Fermented Travel
Grapelive: Oregon Trip Report
THURSDAY, 9/11/08:
Dundee Hills
I new it was going to be tough to pack this adventure into two days, so I tried to be careful not to do too much or schedule myself silly, as I wanted to relax a bit and really see the Willamette Valley in the best [...]
Dec 16th, 2007
New! Beer Cities: Moscow, Russia
Moscow, Russia: First Impressions of the Capital
Landing in Moscow at the Sheremetevo 2 airport, what a mix of emotions, fear excitement and expectations of this land, Russia. Growing up when I did, Russia was the bad nuclear enemy and a dark and tragic place that held a certain fascination and until [...]
Nov 30th, 2007
Beer Cities: Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen The Danish Capital: Basic Facts
Originally a Viking fishing village, Copenhagen really started to coming into being a major city around the 12th Century and most put 1167 as the founding date. After sieges and Swedish invasion attempts, which were successfully repelled by the brave and hardy Danes in the 1600’s there [...]