Best of 2025

I am back with my traditional “best of” entry. Only this year I feel like taking a more impressionistic route…

History in my travels

Part of this thrust behind this blog is the desire (perhaps the need?) to travel not just far and wide…

I am finding it hard to process tha plethora of moments, memories and lessons afforded by my trip to Peru…

I recently saw an Instagram post calling Manneken Pis one of Europe’s biggest tourist traps. Are you kidding me? Out…

Tradition dictates—time to write up my year of travel. I did it, it’s done, and yes, it’s being published a…

Tropical Island hoppings make me think of the Heraclitus quotation: No man ever steps in the same river twice, for…

There are two truths about my life that help explain my experience in Istanbul. First, that reading history or literature…

Istanbul is a striking place. Not exactly beautiful or, rather, not consistently so, but still mesmerizing as you wrap your…

2023 was a weird year for yours truly. I guess you could say that my journey has been more a…

Finally – I bagged a trail marathon. This traveler and runner is so so happy that he managed to successfully…