I knew the Louvre was going to be huge. I knew the seven hours I planned to spend there wasn’t going to be nearly enough. But I never thought I’d walk away...
World Scenery
It’s been exactly one month since I moved to Paris.
During that time, it’s been nonstop wine, cheese, brasseries, influencer meetups, fashionable social...
It’s impossible to see a city — any city — in a mere 24 hours. It takes months, if not years, to really get under the skin of a place. But as travelers...
Backpacking Europe is still one of my favorite things to as a traveler. There isn’t a year I don’t criss-cross the continent.
I’ve been doing it for over...
Once a major city in the Roman Empire, the city still places an important role in the region and is home to millions of residents and visitors enjoying all the...
No one loves a good soup or stew more than I do. That said, some soups get muchmore love than others when I post them here. Seeing as we’re deep in the...
Some fascinating emails have come through my in-box over the past decade. One example arrived back in 2015 from Erica Sonnenburg, which led to this write-up...
Citrus season is tops as far as I’m concerned. Bright spots parading by in a spectrum of pink, yellow and orange at the market. Punctuation for dreary...
I’ve left pieces of my heart in many places around the world: New York, Paris, Stockholm, and Hong Kong to name a few. But no place has a bigger piece than...
Hankering to sleep in the outdoors and connect with nature in California Wine Country? Seeking that nostalgic summer camp experience without the ants in your...
The Big Daddy of all pilgrimages is “The Camino,” also known as the Way of St. James, which is actually several trails that begin in Spain, Portugal and...
Offered by the exceptional tour company Context Travel, the half-day Rome Cooking and Market Tour is a must for foodies who would love to learn about Roman...
I’m lucky to live in California’s Sonoma Valley wine country, where we have a large Mexican population and many authentic Mexican restaurants and food...
THE NAMA
The only true descendants of the Khoekhoe in Namibia are the Nama, whose ancestors originally lived north and south of the Orange River. Eight Nama...
In the race to be bigger and better, somehow cruise ships began looking more like mammoth shopping malls than the stylish seabound vessels of yore that...
