Where we are: Cartagena, Colombia

How to Book Flights with Free Mini-Stopovers

Via Tynan– Last night I landed in Florence. I had four layovers on the way here, which doesn’t sound like a positive thing at first, but I booked them intentionally. Very frequently, if I have a long flight, I’ll book tons of long layovers and actually leave the airport on each one. My first layover […]

Ashoka The Great and Spreading Buddhism

In today’s selection — the first great unifier of large parts of the Indian subcontinent was Ashoka the Great (304-232 BCE), who converted to Buddhism after witnessing the bloody horrors of his own wars, and used the moderating influence of Buddhism to help unify the widely different peoples within in his realm. He sent missionaries […]

11/3 Art: Oasis of Serenity

Sandra Trubin 

Machu Picchu