Siren Call
The Amalfi Coast is a land of legends. According to Homer, it was on the islands surrounding the Amalfi Coast that Ulysses met the...
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- Aug 30, 2019
The Lady's Progress
Last month, I happily got to spend a couple of days in Paris. Whenever I visit Paris, one of my first stops is Notre Dame. This time was...
- May 24, 2019
Lost Port-of-Call
Lately I’ve been thinking about Yugoslavia…and missed opportunities. If you’re wondering why this post features a picture of Venice...
- Apr 5, 2019
The Magic of Venice
When I was thirteen, I visited Europe for the first time. Our first stop was Venice. I don’t have perfect memories of our time there, but...
- Mar 29, 2019
Not Your Average Cup of Joe
I’ve returned from two weeks of exploring Italy from top to bottom, and while I will have plenty to say about the experience in the weeks...
- Feb 1, 2019
Brrrraving the Winter Chill
I hope all my readers in the northern states are staying warm(-ish). The coldest I’ve ever been in my life was in Chicago in a long-ago...
- Nov 23, 2018
The Gratitude List: Travel Photo Edition
Happy Thanksgiving! As we recover from our food comas and slip into our shopping comas, I offer you a photographic version of “what I’m...
- Nov 16, 2018
The Real World
It seems strange that some of the greatest wonders of the natural world can exist in such close proximity to some of mankind’s most...
- Oct 26, 2018
The Sugar Trail
Some people like to visit historical markers in the towns they pass through, others like to hit the local breweries, and others – yours...
- Sep 21, 2018
Live Like a Tourist: Off-Beat Edition
It’s time for another edition of “Live Like a Tourist”! In case you don’t remember how to play, “living like a tourist” means...
- Sep 14, 2018
Underground Wonder
We were greeted by a trumpeter, a princess, and a red dragon. Then we were dropped several hundred feet straight down into the bowels of...
- Sep 7, 2018
Return to Puerto Rico
If the back-to-school doldrums have already got you thinking about a winter escape somewhere warm and sunny, or if you want one final...
- Aug 17, 2018
This is Your Captain Speaking
Ladies and gentlemen, we’re approaching Denver International Airport, also known as DIA – not to be confused with DOA, which is an...
- Jul 27, 2018
Ready for our Close-Up
Movies are a portal to the world. They allow us to experience remote shores vicariously, and they can inspire our next vacation. (Most...
- Jul 13, 2018
The Secret Garden
Three stops from my apartment, the Metro train emerges aboveground on the eastern edge of the city, tickling the border of Maryland. As...
- May 18, 2018
Deja View: Ecuador, Again
Last week, I met someone who had recently been to Ecuador, and our conversation devolved into a long discussion about how amazing Ecuador...
- May 11, 2018
Customary Greeting
Our flight from LAX was the first plane to arrive in Sydney that morning, and the vast immigration and customs hall was quiet. My two...
- Mar 30, 2018
Travel Flashback: A Scene at a Paris Train Station
The Gare de Lyon had been transformed, quite suddenly, into a sea of garish red and yellow stripes. The echoes of chants filled the...
- Feb 17, 2018
Travel Flashback: Snapshot of a Café Regular
I had him pegged for an old sea captain, though in this region of France he was more likely an old vintner. He was thin but not quite...
- Feb 3, 2018
Your Travel Soothsayer
This week there was a Super Blue Blood Moon, which is neither blue nor bloody but is super nonetheless. It’s quite a fantastical name for...
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