While traveling, we expect the unexpected, adventure. While traveling we try not to expect generosity, though we often experience it. It is rare, though, that…
Palermo feels like a place where schemes are hatched. Unexpected turns, the ancient beside the modern, the grit of daily struggle right in front of…
This week I am facing one of the good, right and hard aspects of travel: an unfamiliar culture is making me face my bias, my…
If you’re contemplating an extended overseas adventure, then you’ve probably already asked yourself: What will I do with my phone? Before we give either cut-to-the-chase…
In Tangier something happened that had been hanging like a storm, and it broke on the third day there. Doomsday morning was sullen, and it…
The Iberia flight from Chicago to Madrid is nothing if not a clear line of demarcation from the United States: A substantial airline meal, with…
Drilling, boxing, discovering flaws in cellular plans. Hauling, stacking, shuttering storage. Sweeping. Locking the door, buying insurance. Quaffing red. Tearing chicken from the bone. Detailing…
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