I said there was more Boston to come, and here it is. I left off at the public library, with plenty of Boston still waiting to make it onto the blog. So here’s part two—a few more places, some street scenes, and a little background along the way. Dividing the post was easy. Leaving photographs out is still a work in progress.
Boston is a city where different centuries share the street. Founded in 1630, it played a central role in the American Revolution, but much of its familiar appearance took shape during the nineteenth century, when expanding neighborhoods and ambitious landfilling projects transformed its geography—including turning the waters of Back Bay into streets lined with row houses. Today, brick buildings, old churches, and modern glass towers stand alongside one another, while people go about their everyday lives between them.
Hannibal, Missouri, sits along the Mississippi River approximately 100 miles north of St. Louis. The historic river town is best known as the boyhood home of Samuel Langhorne Clemens—better known to the world as Mark Twain—and the inspiration for many of the places and characters found in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Each Labor Day weekend, however, Hannibal travels into a different version of the past when the Big River Steampunk Festival takes over its historic downtown.
Trips have a way of changing pace near the end. After cities, ports, museums, and long days of moving from one place to the next, Tigre felt like the journey beginning to ease into its final chapter. Water replaced traffic, boats replaced buses, and the pace seemed to slow just enough to take it all in.
The world's tallest heart sculpture, a 73 foot tall mirrored stainless steel sculpture is located in Tradition, Florida.
Punta del Este is often described as the Riviera of South America, known for beaches, marinas, and a reputation that attracts visitors from around the world. But beyond the postcards and summer crowds, the city feels like a collection of different personalities. One moment there are luxury towers and yachts, and a few streets later there are quiet neighborhoods, older buildings, and stretches of coastline that seem to move at their own pace. Like many places, Punta del Este reveals itself a little differently depending on where you decide to stop.
Sitting along the calm blue waters of Golfo Nuevo in Patagonia, Puerto Madryn somehow manages to be both rugged and strangely peaceful at the same time.
Set along the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile, Punta Arenas was founded in 1848 after Chile moved its earlier settlement from Fort Bulnes farther north to a more practical location. Originally established as a penal colony and military outpost, the city’s purpose was strategic: to secure Chilean control over one of the world’s most important natural sea passages between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. That control later became internationally recognized in the 1881 boundary treaty with Argentina.
At the southernmost tip of South America lies Ushuaia, the capital of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in Argentina. Often referred to as the “end of the world.”
This remote city sits between the Martial Mountains and the Beagle Channel, where the landscape feels both vast and contained at the same time; surrounded by shifting weather, rugged terrain, and endless southern horizons.
At the southernmost edge of South America, where the Atlantic and Pacific collide in a restless, wind-torn meeting, lies Cape Horn—a place that feels less like a destination and more like a final statement. It’s not grand in size, but in reputation, it carries the weight of centuries.
Port Stanley sits on the eastern edge of East Falkland, overlooking a sheltered natural harbor called Port William. It’s about 300–380 miles off the coast of South America—close enough to Argentina to argue about, far enough to feel like another planet.
Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay, located on the northern shore of the RÃo de la Plata. It was founded by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala in 1724. It functions as Uruguay’s main port, cultural hub, and economic center, combining colonial heritage with modern coastal living.
From the color and rhythm of La Boca, we move on to the most affluent areas in Buenos Aires called Recoleta. And within this affluent area lies the very impressive Recoleta Cemetery.
(photograph courtesy of GotoBuenosAires.)
They say, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do,” and in our case, that meant embracing one of Argentina’s most beloved traditions—an asado. In Buenos Aires, this isn’t just a meal, it’s a ritual built around fire, patience, and good company. So when the opportunity came to experience an asado, we didn’t hesitate—ready to trade our usual pace for something a little slower, a little smokier, and a lot more flavorful.
Tucked into a quiet corner of Palermo Soho, this unassuming entrance lead us to an experience worth slowing down for.
If you have followed my blog entries so far, you know that our next stop in La Boca, was La Ribera Caminito, a well-known parrilla (Argentine grill restaurant) located on Avenida Don Pedro de Mendoza, right beside the famous tourist street Caminito.
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