Inspiring Travel Writing from Byron Browne
Byron Browne is a freelance writer and photographer living in Austin, Texas. He has written several articles with diverse topics. Some include writings on Texas wines and wineries, Texas towns and Spanish bullfights. He joined the TI group in 2008.
Articles by Byron Browne
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Chinati Hot Springs
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Byron Browne
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United States
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Texas
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Marfa
I first heard of the Chinati Hot Springs from a former student of mine. Because of the source and my own ignorance of the place, I was suspicious that the name had been both mispronounced and, subsequently, misspelled in my mind. So, when I tried to...
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Terlingua
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Byron Browne
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United States
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Texas
Terlingua is a town resolutely opposed to any inclination towards modernization. It is a place that offers few outward indications of its reluctant progession into the 21st century: the post office, with its dark brick walls and smoked glass, is...
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Pheasant Ridge winery
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Byron Browne
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United States
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Texas
You may have a difficult time finding the Pheasant Ridge Winery. Their own web map gives vague directions to a remote section of Texas farmland and the signs that should point the way along the route have all been repeatedly stolen. The former is...
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Ste. Genevieve Winery-Hidden Out in the Open
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Byron Browne
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United States
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Texas
The Ste. Genevieve winery near Fort Stockton, Texas, until recently, owned by the French wine conglomerate Domaine Cordier Estates, is the largest winery, by far, in the state. Both the enormous main building, which stores tens of thousands of...
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Delphi
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Byron Browne
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Greece
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Mainland Greece
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Delphi
Delphi, Greece, once a drowsy hamlet of approximately 3500, frequented mainly by the adventurous or students of the Classics, has seen its own popularity soar as an educated public more frequently comes to pay homage to the, “Vatican of the ancient...
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Marfa
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Byron Browne
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United States
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Texas
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Marfa
Pencils ready- a pop quiz: John Steinbeck is to Salinas, California as Donald Judd is to __________. The correct answer, since the majority of us will need the help, is Marfa, Texas. More than likely, the question now is, who the heck is Donald Judd...
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The Spanish Bull Fights
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Byron Browne
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Spain
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Madrid Region
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Madrid
When we arrived in Barcelona, a city determinedly progressive and liberal, my wife and I had no thought of obtaining useful information about corridas or novilladas (bullfights). We expected perhaps some sneers and disdainful looks in response to...
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The Missions of San Antonio
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Byron Browne
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United States
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Texas
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San Antonio
Beginning two and a half miles south of downtown San Antonio there are four eighteenth century missions along what the National Parks Service refers to as the “Mission Trail”. This route will lead you on an afternoon’s journey through some of this...
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Hot Destination: Valencia
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Byron Browne
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Spain
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Valencia Region
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Valencia
In ancient Rome, when parting, Romans would say “vale!” meaning, be strong, be successful, be powerful or even, be influential. Clearly, the name of the city derives from this old Roman exhortation and Valencia has certainly been an influential...
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Buenos Aires: The Tango Festival
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Byron Browne
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires and the Pampas
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Buenos Aires
So states an older man, his wife on his arm, who is standing outside the Gran Café Tortoni, Buenos Aires’ oldest café (founded 1858). The café is only one of the dozens of locations that host the annual Tango Festival, ten days are filled with music...