Friday Five

1. What's the last place you traveled to, outside your own home state/country?

Big trip: Italy last year. Otherwise a weekend in Mexicali.

2. What's the most bizarre/unusual thing that's ever happened to you while traveling?

Too many unusual things have happened to really answer. Probably the most unusual was finding an unbelievably rare LP of Charlie Parker in France and lugging it around with me, then coming home with it and finding a copy of it for $1 at a yard sale.

3. If you could take off to anywhere, money and time being no object, where would you go?

Italy. Lago di Garda or Verona in the summer, Rome or Tuscany in the autumn, winter or spring. Oh, you mean just for vacation? Probably California. If I were in a situtation where money and time were no object I would be living in a villa near Orvietto, and would be up for a vacation to California.

I am fairly uncurious about most of the world these days. I would like to go to Indonesia for the music and food, I would like to spend time in Argentina and Chile, and I always like Brasil, but when it comes down to it, give me a Mediterranean climate, relative proximity to bullfights (Italy is about as far as I care to get from an active bullring), and Catholic culture. As far as the sights? Sure, if I had unlimited time, I would love to see Angkor Wat, Petra, Balbek, Niagra Falls, etc., but since I don't have unlimited time, I would rather get to know Rome better, or Mexico City or Madrid or Lisbon.

I do like tropical islands, so I could enjoy a vacation to St. John's or Bora Bora or Hawai'i or the Azores. And I am about due for a trip to Northern Minnesota. I am also eager to go to London to look at the museums (speaking of museums I am overdue for trips to DC and NYC as well). I would also love to spend more time in Texas, particularly South Texas.

4. Do you prefer traveling by plane, train or car?

Train and plane. I loathe traveling by car. I feel that every minute behind the wheel (unless it is behind the wheel of my poor disabled Krautrocket on Highway 1), is stolen from me.

5. What's the next place on your list to visit?

Probably Point Reyes or Big Sur or someplace close for a camping trip. San Diego and Tijuana for filming this documentary, then Minnesota next year.

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