Thoughts -- 25 April 2010 includes travel Boston and Mayflower Inn, CT

Thoughts -- 27 March 2010 includes Travel Notes on Mexico City, Houston and Panama City, Panama

Thoughts -- 3 March 2010 includes Nassau, Key West

Thoughts -- 10 January 2010 includes California travel and Laguna Beach

Thoughts -- 10 December 2009 Includes travel notes on Orlando

Thoughts -- 28 October 2009 Notes on Williamsburg VA

Thoughts -- 7 July 2009 including political notes, link to Loftus Report Radio show appearance, Pennsylvania family trip notes

European Travel Notes & Pictures -- June 2009: Versailles & Paris, Milan & Lake Garda Italy, Copenhagen & Helsingor Denmark, Iceland

Thoughts -- 17 May 2009 including Travel: What's New in Israel & Jordan

Travel Notes & Photos: St. Barts in the Caribbean; Ivan's List of Favourite Hideaways Around the World -- 11 January 2009

California Trip Notes & Photos -- Sept 2008

Thoughts -- 11 August 2008 includes Cape May, New Jersey

Travel Notes and Photos -- Milan, Switzerland (Interlaken, Zurich, Thun, Berne), Jerusalem, Paris, Chateau d'Esclimont -- June 2008

Traveling With Kids --15 May 2008 

Round the World Travel Notes and Photos -- Rome, Jerusalem, Hong Kong & Shanghai Nov 2007

Travel Notes at Keswick Hall VA; Key West FL and Homestead Inn, CT

Travel Notes & Photos -- New England June 2007 (Nantucket, Mass., Bretton Woods, NH & Bar Harbor, Maine with Acadia National Park) Also some notes on Orlando

Travel Notes & Photos -- Europe May 2007
Santorni, Greece, Rome & Chewton Glen, England

Thoughts -- 3 May 2007 including travel notes on Salt Lake City, Utah w/photos and updates on Charleston and Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Packing List Revised -- 1 January 2007

Travel Notes and Photos: London and Ashdown Park, England, Late December 2006

Travel Notes: Portugal, Return visits to Halifax and Greenbrier and Photos

Funny Photos: Elizabeth at the Greenbrier

Elizabeth's Packing List -- January 2007

Thoughts: July 9, 2006: Global Thoughts Hokey Pokey Forum, World Thoughts, Travel: Milwaukee & Sagamore Resort

Thoughts: June 11, 2006 plus travel notes and photos on Las Vegas, Grand Canyon and Boston

Marco Island, Florida: 9 April 2006

Thoughts and Trip Notes (DC, Chicago and Greenbrier) -- 2 October 2005

Notes -- Lake Geneva region, August 2005 (Evian, Geneva, Montreaux, Lausanne, Vevey) with link to photo tour

Notes -- August 2005 World Issues; Travel Notes and Visit to Toronto & Langdan Hall

Notes -- July 2005 and Visit to Blantyre

Notes -- Israel Visit, Germany and Other Random Global Thoughts -- 1 June 2005

Travel Notes Round the World -- Cyprus (Greek and Turkish), Amman, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore -- April 2005 (with internal link to photo tour at end of article).

Puerto Rico Notes and Photos -- New Years Weekend 2005

Charleston, South Carolina -- 29 Nov 2004

Fall Holiday Notes & Photos -- Switzerland & Italy September 2004 (St. Moritz, Zurich, Lugano, Como, Milan, Abano)

Trip Notes & Photos: Australia; Half Moon Bay California; United Airlines and Frequent Flyer Programs (30 June 2004)

List of Countries Ivan's Visited -- 4 May 2004

Honeymoon Journal and Photos -- Jerusalem and Italy (Rome and Amalfi coast) -- April 2004

Costa Rica -- Travel Notes & Photos -- January 2004

12 Day Round the World Pre-Wedding Shopping Tour: Malta, Rome, Hong Kong, Vancouver -- September 2003

Photos of the September Tour

Global Thoughts September 11, 2003 -- see section on Montreal Travel

Letter from New York and Quebec -- The Blackout and the Great Weekend After -- August 2003

Northern European MidSummer Rumpus: Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Budapest, Munich, Concorde back to NY -- Notes & Photos, July 2003

Newport, Rhode Island Travel Notes & Photos -- 4 July 2003

Travel Notes and Photos -- Sydney (Australia), Auckland (New Zealand) and Beverly Hills -- June 2003

Cayman Islands -- January 2003

London What's New & Limmud Conference Notes -- 31 December 2003

Ivan’s Festival of Friends Fall 2002
Oct / Nov 2002 -- 1 December 2002
Hamburg, Vienna, Madrid, Seville, Cordoba, Geneva, Lugano, Bahrain, Amman, Israel, Larnaca, Frankfurt, Paris, Luxembourg, Spangdahlem Germany.

Photos from Fall 2002 Tour

Train to the Plane / Newark Airport: A Review -- Updated September 2002

Bermuda Travel Updated September 2002

Quebec City, La Manoir Richelieu -- September 2002

Halifax, Nova Scotia -- July 2002
Halifax Photos -- July 2002

Travel Notes: Vegas & the Berkshires -- May 2002

Travel Notes: Europe Spring Fling -- Zurich, Monaco & nearby France, Italy (Abano, Sermione, Milano, Como) & Dublin -- May 2002

Photos -- Europe Spring Fling May 2002

Global Thoughts -- 3 February 2002
Charleston, South Carolina

Latest Travel Tips & London Notes -- 31 December 2001

Fall 2001 Photos: St. Moritz, Florence & Prague -- 21 October 2001

Israel/Jordan visit: Trip Journal & Summaries of Dialogues -- 21 October 2001

Fall 2001 European Sprint -- St. Moritz, Florence, Prague, Luxembourg, Jersey -- 26 September 2001

Ivan's 64 Travel Secrets -- Updated 15 May 2001

Ivan's Packing List -- Updated 5 November 2000

Things To Do Before Leaving On A Foreign Trip (A Helpful Task List) -- 15 May 2001

Spring 2001 Tour (Zurich, Dubai, Bahrain, Singapore, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Hong Kong,  Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Seattle) -- 15 May 2001

Photos Spring Tour 2001 -- 13 June 2001

Disney World Tourist Tips -- 15 May 2001

Airline Ratings -- 15 May 2001

Country Ratings -- 15 May 2001
Secrets Every Traveler Should Know (but please don't tell) -- 13 August 1999

Getting to New York's Airports....An updated compendium -- please contribute

Ivan's Ratings: Places I'd Most Like To Be In As a Tourist -- 5 November 2000

Ivan's Ratings: Most Civilized States -- 
5 November 2000

Travel Journal: Fall 2000 Tour
Paris, Fontainblueau, Zurich, Istanbul, Athens, Limasol (Cyprus), Beirut, Damascus, Bosra (Syria), Amman, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Rome, Madrid -- 5 November 2000

FALL 2000 TOUR PHOTO COLLAGE -- SEE BELOW

London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Moscow, Helsinki, Paris & Miami Airport Transfers -- 24 August 2000

1999 Shake Hands Tour: Geneva Telecom Congress; Jeddah & Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Dubai, UAE and Brussels/Ghent, Belgium -- October 1999. Text file.  Photo links below.

Toronto and Ottawa -- September 1999 Text & Photos

Bermuda -- July 1999 Text and Link to Photos

Hong Kong and an LA Hotel -- June 1999 Text and Link to Photos

San Francisco -- June 1999 Text and Link to Photos

Paris & Amsterdam -- November 1998

Vienna, Jerusalem High Holidays, Rome Shopping -- September 1998

Chicago Air Show -- August 1998

Kuwait, Amman, London, Israel's 50th Anniversary -- May 1998

Puerto Rico -- February 1998

London and Manchester Limmud Conference -- December 1997

Moscow -- September 1997

Round the World: Switzerland, Cyprus, Beirut, Amman, Israel, Paris, Tokyo -- July 1997

Athens -- Archival Records

Jordan -- First Visits, 1995 -- posted 31 July 2000

Photo Collages

Beirut -- July 1997

Round the World Tour (Switzerland, Cyprus, Israel, Amman, Paris, Tokyo -- July 1997

Moscow (text link above)-- September 1997

Kuwait (text link above)-- May 1998

Hong Kong -- June 1999

San Francisco & Area -- June 1999

Bermuda -- July 1999

Toronto -- September 1999

Saudi Arabia -- October 1999

Dubai -- October 1999

Berlin -- 3 September 2000

Moscow Revisited -- 3 September 2000

Helsinki --  3 September 2000

FALL 2000 TOUR PHOTO COLLAGE

Geneva, Switzerland & Ghent, Belgium -- October 1999

Paris, Fontainbleau & Zurich -- September 2000

Istanbul, Athens & Limasol (Cyprus) -- Sept. '00

Beirut Revisited -- September 2000

Damascus, Syria -- September 2000

Bosra, Syria & Amman, Jordan -- Sept. 2000

Tel Aviv & Jerusalem with Family -- October 2000

Rome & Madrid -- October 2000

SPRING 2001 TOUR -- Bahrain, Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok, Koh Samui, Bejing, Seoul, Tokyo (and environs)

Photos Spring Tour 2001 -- 13 June 2001