![Edinburgh Hogmanay 2013 - Torchlight Procession [Image Gallery]](https://www.madmanblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/IMG_3365_rsize-150x150.jpg)
Below is a gallery of the Torchlight Procession for Hogmanay in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is the first day of a three day celebration to ring in the new year in Edinburgh. The torches were actually huge, rather like swords, and even little children were given torches just to keep you on your toes :P. This […]
![Documents from the Vatican's Secret Archives [Image Gallery]](https://www.madmanblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/IMG_0084-150x150.jpg)
Below is a gallery of documents from the secret archives of the Vatican. These include the document that created our modern day calendar system and the document from the House of Lords in England asking the Pope to give King Henry VIII a divorce from his wife. The archives contain documents that literally changed the […]

One common problem that you will encounter when traveling around Europe is how to figure out when the trains come and go. It seems easy enough, but, each country may have its own train system and website as well as a different language, poor website design, no human working at the train station, etc. Every […]
All of my YouTube travel videos can now be viewed from this blog. I setup a video player at https://www.madmanblog.com/my-travel-videos/. You may also get to this page by clicking the tab at the top of every page titled “My Travel Videos.” There, you will find a large video player that should have a playlist at […]