by Calvin Sun | Oct 11, 2021 | Corsica, Sardinia, What Dreams May Come, You're Going to Miss It...
Press play. No, I really mean it. PRESS play and read the post with the music . . . Did you press play yet? Are you hearing music playing? OK, you can keep reading then. You’re going to miss … …the moment you were invited to come on...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 15, 2021 | Belgium, Crisis, Fail, France, Introspection, Italy, Post-travel Reflections, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, Serendipitous!, Sicily, Walking Tours, What Dreams May Come
After 2 days relaxing in the off-the-beaten-path island of Lampedusa, the gang took a direct evening flight out to Palermo, capital of Sicily, afterwards. Founded by Phoenicians under the name of “Ziz” and later renamed by Greeks “Panormos”, which...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 6, 2021 | Corsica, Italy, Sardinia, September 2021: The Tyrrhenian Sea, The Nightlife
From Cala Gavetta, we raised our anchors at 9:30am and sailed further north to the French administered island of Corsica. And yet before we even reached the marina, we moored briefly nearby at the seaside natural cliffs: We jumped in here...
by Calvin Sun | Sep 4, 2019 | Crisis, Doctor in the House, Flying Fancy, France, Réunion, Way Way Off the Beaten Path
Dearest readers, I’ll begin by documenting the longest domestic flight in the world on business class from Réunion to Paris. And then I’ll end with how I forced an emergency landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia for an in-flight medical...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 15, 2017 | Fit for Foodies, France, October 2017: The Channel Islands, Walking Tours, Weekend Trips
Compared to the close call missing my flight to Paris this morning, it was relatively all gravy just chilling for an hour waiting for my train to Saint Malo at Gare Montpanarsse. I then boarded at 11:56pm, reaching the northern city of Saint Malo...
by Calvin Sun | Oct 14, 2017 | Blitzkrieg!!!, Crisis, Fail, France, Layovers, October 2017: The Channel Islands, Weekend Trips
3 months ago, I started studying for my final medical licensing exam – the USMLE Step 3 – on a budget 4-day trip to the Caribbean Islands, which began in the French territory of Saint Martin’s. I’m now celebrating the conclusion of my marathon 17 hour, 2-day...
