You can’t have a road trip without some weird stops along the way. On my Croatia road trip, it was Hum, “the smallest town in the world” (but probably not really); in Connecticut, it was the aptly named town of Mianus. But one of my all-time favorite road trip stops is a little whitewashed building
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Wow. My trip had only just begun, and Geneva was well on its way to being a complete and total disaster — but in typical fashion, it turned out amazingly! Geneva isn’t a typical city for backpackers to visit. For starters, it’s expensive. How expensive? 10 CHF ($10) for two coffees at an outdoor cafe; 16
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When I first read The Sun Also Rises, I was captivated by the Lost Generation — the American and British expats who lived on the Left Bank of Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, creative types, who spent their days writing in cafes, their nights dancing in bars. Employment was nebulous at best, a necessity
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A lot of people I know have felt a strange sense of familiarity when visiting the Tuscan countryside for the first time. Was it from a movie, perhaps? A friend’s photos? More often than not, you’re probably recognizing Tuscany from iconic Renaissance paintings. The Medici, who ruled Florence during the Renaissance, were among the greatest
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In one week, I am leaving to travel around the world for one year. Right now, I’m focused on Europe: traveling by train from Paris to Vienna, then Malta and Istanbul. However, by next March, I’ll be road tripping across the United States, from Seattle to Boston via San Francisco, Vegas, Austin, New Orleans, and
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Every time I go to New York, I try to do a few things I haven’t done before, whether it’s checking out a new neighborhood, a new kind of food, or a major tourist attraction. Katz’s Delicatessen I wrote about Katz a bit previously — but I just have to reiterate that this pastrami was
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It’s been a day and a half since I left Tuscany and returned to London. Since then, I’ve been deeply missing the beauty of the Tuscan countryside, the warmth and friendship that radiated from our agriturismo, and more than anything, the glorious food and wine that defined this trip, from beginning to end. This trip
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Yesterday I went to watch the Boston Marathon. A few hours later, we were recovering from a devastating attack on our city. My friends, family, and I are fortunate to be uninjured. We were watching two miles away from the blasts in Copley Square. Boston: Home to the World’s Best Marathon Boston is a lot of
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Big news: after years of filling this blog with my iPhone photos, I’ve upgraded to my first DSLR! I am now the proud owner of a Nikon D5100 and a Tamron 17-50 lens, the latter a recommendation from my wonderful photographer friend Ed. The camera body retails for $496.95 without the kit lens (I bought it used “like new”
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My list of travel oversights in the US is long and extensive. Like many people, I’ve kept my travels to the outer corners of the country, with a special emphasis on the northeast and southwest. What about the great big expanse in between? Specifically, the midwestern states? Chicago is the shining jewel in its crown,
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