Peregrinations

Global Entry is a blessing, but in all the years I've been using it, for the first time there was a line at the machines in Boston last night, and the system is not set up for lines of people

These are all taken from our room or inside our room at the Ritz Carlton Abama in Tenerife. The bedroom is the guest bedroom. Note the contemplative sand garden on the terrace.

The Four Seasons here is like living in the Arabian Nights, goes into our top five.

The people are fabulous, the food outstanding, and the society is very open and accepting. And even the cats ride scooters.

Our travels in Marrakech. O

We arrived in Marrakech from Zurich. Having been to 60 countries, this was the worst immigration process I've ever seen. Over a thousand people in serpentine lines shuffling forward, most with their faces in their iPhones often neglecting to move.

We've just flown about 18,000 miles in 10 days, stayed at one of the finest hotels in Johannesburg (or in Africa), then in an exquisite game lodge in the "bush," and spent four full days leaving from 6 am to

The silence is stunning. We are motoring through the South African Veldt and when the engine is turned off you hear only silence. It is broken by an occasional bird’s trill, the bird itself an iridescent, curved-beak glider looking to

Arriving in South Africa: the Presidential Suite of the Saxon Hotel

We're leaving Nantucket today after two fabulous weeks. Looking forward to going home. I've always believed that you should eagerly anticipate vacations, returns, and your career. Life is too short to dread daily existence,