Warsaw is a city with clout. When I mentioned our plans to visit the Polish capital, people seemed excited about Warsaw but couldn’t quite put a finger on why. I myself couldn’t dredge up much Varsovian history beyond the city’s devastation in World War II and a vague notion of the Warsaw Pact (a very vague notion, as it […]
Days #12,132-33 (Prague, Czech Republic): Once upon a time, in a land far, far away… (let’s call it the Czech Republic, shall we?)… there was a magical, storybook city called Prague. So magical, in fact, that visitors came from far and wide to experience the architectural wonders of the city for themselves. They flocked to the kingdom […]
Day #11,874 (Athens, Greece): I’m traveling in Athens a little differently than I normally travel. I’m here in Athens by myself… except that I’m not by myself. I’m really not by myself. I’m with 800 other travel bloggers who, in the name of the TBEX travel media conference, have invaded Athens like the Ottomans of […]
Day #11,578 (Barcelona, Spain): Having fallen hopelessly in love with architect Antoni Gaudí the day before, I scrapped all plans for a diversified trip (sometimes it’s overrated, friends) and determined there to be but one way to spend my last few hours in the city of Barthaylona. I hadn’t planned on visiting Casa Batlló, thinking […]
Prior to visiting Barcelona, I identified the city with (1) childhood memories of the 1992 Summer Olympics, (2) the brief section of my monolithic high school art history book dedicated to the architect Antoni Gaudí, and (3) tapas. [And in all honesty, (4) that scene in the movie “The Internship” where Vince Vaughn fights with […]
**Sorry for the disappearing act, y’all! I’ve been getting my learn on at the Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas. On the plus side, I’ve attended a ton of reeeally cool lectures, including one reviewing the use of blow darts to deliver tranquilizers. Mr. M is (rightly) nervous.** Madrid is a city made for eating. […]
Hi y’alls, and Happy New Year! Yeah… I’m fashionably late for 2014. I was all excited to regale you with One Thousand and One Nights-style tales from Morocco, but my anal-retentiveness refused to let me post anything for 2014 without formally wrapping up last year’s adventures. Mine is a militant and unforgiving super-ego. So I hit […]
No matter the place or purpose, string lights invariably make me think of the holidays. My very favorite holiday lights were discovered in a Christmas market on an extra-long layover in London last Christmas. Cities across Western Europe are rife with Christmas markets like Winter Wonderland. They’re a festive alternative to the drudgery of mall […]
Day #10,356: Dear Rome, I really wanted to like you. You’re Rome, for goodness sake. The Eternal City! The seat of the Roman Empire! And you know how I have a soft spot for historical splendor. To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to make of you at first. You came on a little strong. The honking, […]
Day #11,187: Having thoroughly wandered the city of Lisbon (I’m making the bold assumption that “thoroughly wandering” isn’t too egregious an oxymoron for you to stomach), our merry gang decided to take a day trip to the neighboring town of Belém. The standard means of getting oneself to Belém involves taking one of Lisbon’s classic […]