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Time for a Change
In 1839, a young man from Massachusetts took a two-week boat trip down the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. The journey would form the basis of the 1849 book A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. …
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Costa Adeje: Where Western Culture Goes to Die
An erudite woman once told me that the key to success is low expectations. Generally speaking, I have found this to hold true. It is often the case, that places I would never voluntarily travel …
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Is this Europe’s Best Newish Museum?
Travel is essentially an exercise in time management. How you choose to spend your time will inevitably be the deciding factor on any trip. For those who are time rich, this might seem like less of a …
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Animals of the Galapagos: A Photo Essay
Over the years I have taken a lot of photographs. Most of these images sit idly on my computer never to be seen again. So in an effort to make a few of these better …
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Spanish Culture in Five Books
Spain’s literature ranks among some of the best in the West, but apart from Don Quixote, is vastly underappreciated among Anglophones. The below five books represent the major literary traditions in Spain and are well …
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A Night at the Theater
Last year, as you might recall, I went to a strip club in Mumbai. Ok, there was no stripping per se, and the girls showed less skin than a bride at an Amish wedding, but it …
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Chernobyl: 2012
Chernobyl has been getting a lot of attention lately after HBO’s excellent miniseries on the 1986 disaster that occurred here. (If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend that you take a look.) During the …
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Canceling Cambellotti
One of the most beautiful buildings in Bari is undoubtedly the Palazzo dell’Acquedotto (Palace of the Aqueduct). It’s rather unassuming façade masks a nearly unaltered interior entirely decorated in what the Italians call stile Liberty, …
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Why Italian Food Sucks
Back in 1999, I took my first trip to Italy. I was dazzled by the ancient ruins, the magnificent cathedrals, and, of course, the food. It seemed no matter where I sat down, a good …
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Ferry Schedule: Thessaloniki to Peraia and Neoi Epivates
Thessaloniki has a beautiful waterfront but nowhere to swim. However, just across the Thermaic Gulf are the beach communities of Peraia and Neoi Epivates, popular with locals and foreigners alike. It’s not Halkidiki, but nice …