Thanks for all the kind comments on my last post. To be clear, I have only given up political blogging. Having made my case ad nauseam for nine years, it's time to move on. I have begun to redesign the blog accordingly. I think I will need more radical change though to make room for larger photographs. Suggestions from web-savvy readers will be most welcome.

I am planning a journey to Vienna, Prague, Berlin and Warsaw this month. I will have my camera and my computer with me so hope to do a smaller version of the Great American Road Trip of 2013.