Your grandma always had a terrible sense of direction. She could get lost on an escalator.
Frederik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home
Frederik Backman, And Every Morning the Way Home
1997: Washington, D.C.
Josh's first trip back home from college
The elusive Union Station in Washington, D.C. I got lost driving from our
Virginia home to the train station to pick him up.
2006: Scandinavia
I wanted to visit the Danish Jewish Museum, but I got lost. I ran into a couple from my tour,
and my Jewdar told me that they were most likely heading in the same direction.
This is Carol and Bernie.
 Above: The exterior of the museum, designed by Daniel Libeskind Right: The destabilizing interior |  |
2010: International Tour Management Institute
This is a blurry picture of me learning how to navigate using a map, an out-of-date skill.
GPS apps are a directionally challenged person's safety net.
2011: Student Choir Trip to New York
After meeting a large group of students, parents, and chaperones at LaGuardia Airport,
I led them around four levels of Terminal C in search of our buses. It was not one of my better moments.
The teacher called me "the tour escort from hell."
2011 - 2016: Navigating the Streets of New York
Throughout my student tours of New York, HopStop helped me figure out how to get to a
destination on my walking tours. Landmarks helped me get from one destination to the next.
Throughout my student tours of New York, HopStop helped me figure out how to get to a
destination on my walking tours. Landmarks helped me get from one destination to the next.
 Leading the choir students to St. John's Cathedral for a concert.  We had to pass Dunkin' Donuts. |  I knew to walk in the direction of Joe's Pizza to find Trinity Church and St. Paul's Cathedral.  We arrived at St. Paul's Cathedral with just a couple of wrong turns. |
2011: Morocco
Before we walked into the Medina, Hassan warned us to stay close, and to stay put if we got lost.
I got sidetracked by a butcher and two cats.
2014: New Zealand
I got terribly lost on a circular path through the Kahikatea Swamp along Ship Creek.
I think it's easy to see why I became distracted while my travel buddies
finished the trail and used the rest rooms.
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2015: Savannah
On a walking tour of Savannah, I decided to take a group to the Gothic Revival Synagogue, Mickve Israel.
I made a wrong turn for half a block, and one angry guest went AWOL.
 Forsyth Park |  Monterey Square: I took the wrong turn on Gaston. |
Mickve Israel, one of the few Gothic Revival synagogues in the United States
