The Cleveland Museum of Art is in the midst of a massive renovation, so only a fraction of the collection is currently on display.
But there is still much to see. The Arms and Armor Room is magnificent. Its many artifacts illustrate the armorer’s craftsmanship, art, and weapons development, as well as the pomp and ego of those who wore and/or showed off the hundreds of pieces.
I spent more than an hour in this single room, marveling at how each advance in weapons technology led to a concomitant upgrade in armor (note how the knight and his horse are 
almost fully sheathed in metal) until the introduction of firearms canceled out the armored warrior’s advantage.
Our Pentagon is a direct descendant of this “march of progress.”
Located on the third floor of the Allen Memorial Medical Library at 
We walk aimlessly but happily for the next five hours, strolling along cobble-stoned, curving streets, the planning of which must date back to a time when right angles were irrelevant or distasteful. Each small block reveals many restaurants, so many that we suspect Madrileños must live in kichenless homes. Some societal manifestations are no different than in San Francisco, however. The teenagers are pierced, bizarrely coifed, and loosely clothed. And there are beggars with 
It was 20 hours from the time we awoke in San Francisco on Thursday morning to our next prone position in Madrid. Taking into account the mandated starts, stops, curious pauses, and fluid movements, our crossing nine time zones in just over twice as many hours did not seem either inefficient or onerous. SFO->JFK->MAD, arriving at our hotel at 10:30 a.m. local time. The 
Business is slow at the Marin County Indian restaurant that Ram owns. In my opinion, he should take this time to do some cleaning in the back, but instead he leans on an elbow and tells me about his last visit to Delhi.
before 1861 the south of Italy was Spanish, so we are more Spanish than Italian. That is why we have the big meal at lunch. And the siesta from 1 to 5, everything is closed. The Italian some places, it sounds like