Istria & the Magic of Motovun
I began writing about Motovun and Istria two months ago. I kept coming back to this, picking at it, or reading it and trying to find the right mood so I could wrangle the right words. Never have [...]
I began writing about Motovun and Istria two months ago. I kept coming back to this, picking at it, or reading it and trying to find the right mood so I could wrangle the right words. Never have [...]
Two weeks from this moment, I will be flying somewhere over the continental USA en route home. It’s not my first time going home since my travels began, but it’s the first time that it matters. [...]
Some will tell you that common sense is now so uncommon that it is rare sense. Nowhere does this seem more true than in airport security checkpoints. It’s no secret, okay? There’s an [...]
Long-term travel is a challenge for anyone, no matter how right the decision is for them. Being homesick isn’t a sign of failure or not being cut out for a travel life, it just shows you’re [...]
A reader wrote a comment worth addressing. They said: “Sorry if this is rude but it seems to me you don’t like anywhere you ARE but dream of how it’s going to be great in the NEXT place. It’s [...]
More from my backlog, this was written June 23rd, 2016, in the days following the massacre in Orlando, the uprising in Oaxaca, the execution of Jo Cox, and other events that comprised the [...]
I sat on many blog posts this past year, knowing a new blog theme would come, and this is one of those — the unexpected perks of off-season travel. I wrote this in early December, [...]