When In Rome…Do As New Yorkers Do?

When In Rome…Do As New Yorkers Do?

by | May 21, 2017 | How Did You Do That?, Italy, May 2017: Romantic Italy & Microstates, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Spring 2017: Italy & Microstates, France, Luxembourg, Malta, & Tunisia, What Dreams May Come

 When I was in Italy last, I thought it was odd to have spent a week there and yet never set foot in Rome. So when I discovered a free flight there thanks to an abundance of Chase Sapphire miles (an overview on how it works here: Chase...
2017 May Day in Cuba; First Impressions  —  In Context With Venezuela

2017 May Day in Cuba; First Impressions  —  In Context With Venezuela

by | May 1, 2017 | Cuba, Epiphanies on the Road, Guest Posts, How Did You Do That?, Post-travel Reflections, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come

Three hours from JFK. 90 miles from Key West. And yet, seemingly worlds away. Four New Yorkers — Alex, Elliot, Emma, and I — waited far too long for checked bags to show up, the first indication we were running on island time, and a socialist island at that. Our...
You’re Going To Miss …The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet

You’re Going To Miss …The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet

by | Jan 21, 2017 | China, Epiphanies on the Road, Mongolia, Post-travel Reflections, Russia, Tibet, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet, You're Going to Miss It...

Press play. And then start reading.     “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin You’re going to miss the trepidation of landing in a foreign country, for which visas you’ve...
Going Streaking In A Mongolian Winter

Going Streaking In A Mongolian Winter

by | Jan 8, 2017 | How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Mongolia, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2016: The Trans-Mongolian & Tibet

  Photo credit to Melissa Weinmann for the photo above.     Hello from a balmy -15ºF (-22ºC) in the coldest capital city on the planet: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia! After chugging along from Irkutsk, Russia, our attendants woke us all up at 6:15am, giving us about...