Category Archives: Travel Writing

Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

Les Trente-Six Vues de la Tour Eiffel is a book that contains 36 lithographs by Henri Rivière printed in 1902. These lithographs reflect the social, political, and artistic changes that had occurred in Paris by the end of the nineteenth … Continue reading →

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sentimental souvenirs of the past

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Brian D. Butler

“I remembered once, in Japan, having been to see the Gold Pavilion Temple in Kyoto and being mildly surprised at quite how well it had weathered the passage of time since it was first built in the fourteenth century. I … Continue reading →

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Either you get the bear, or the bear gets you

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

In a surprise move, the U.S. State Department has issued a safety warning for parts of Japan, a country that has long been considered one of the safest in the world to visit, because of an increase in bear attacks in the … Continue reading →

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“If you don’t like a place, maybe you don’t know enough about it”

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

As I have previously mentioned, the always popular American travel writer is one of my personal heroes. Many years ago I had the good luck to have run into Rick when our paths crossed in Italy and we got to … Continue reading →

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Travel Cats

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

I love cats and I love train stations, so the silly, but fun website BahnhofsKatzen is just my cup of coffee. This site is a well-maintained resource documenting stray cats at train stations around the world, but primarily in mainland … Continue reading →

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The Citizen and the Traveller

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

“The Citizen and the Traveller,” a short fable from Robert Louis Stevenson  

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Tourists get blamed for everything now

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

Japan is selling off its national emergency rice reserve for the first time since 1995 because prices have doubled, and they are blaming tourist visitors for eating too much rice. France 24 reports that record numbers of visitors are partly to … Continue reading →

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O Canada

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

  It seems like an opportune moment to feature some classic Canadian travel posters. Stylish posters along with tourism  brochures were produced by Canadian Pacific for its network of railways, steamships, airlines, and hotels. They were generally well designed—and frequently … Continue reading →

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Tout le monde aime la Tour Eiffel

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

I’m always chuffed to run across a copy book that I sold many years ago in a random blog post. in this case, the book in question is Les Tours Eiffel de Robert Delaunay : poèmes inédits / [Guillaume] Apollinaire. … Continue reading →

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Break Time

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

We may or may not be on a break, it depends who you ask. Please check back soon.

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