contemporaries. Instead of backpacking across Europe and hanging out in Prague in the early Clinton-era, I was selling plastic in Oakland, Calif., going to journalism school, etc., etc.
Anyway, I have since been trying to make up for that error. My passport stamp collection is still pretty pathetic, but I'm working on it. A new country every year is the current goal. The map below identifies the countries I have visited to date.
Here's a summary of recent trips.