![A Kettle of Makgeoli](https://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_1436-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Two craps dice on a green background. From Wikimedia Commons.](https://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1024px-Craps-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Semana Santa marchers hidden under capirote in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.](https://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/featured_capirote-e1398971173881-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Cell Phones: Managing the Short End of the Stick](https://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Spanish_pay_phone1-470x140.jpg)
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…
![The Devil Is Dead, Part 2](https://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tangier_wall-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Iberia Flight 6274: What It Is, and Is Not](https://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/iberia_dinner_wine_large-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Our Last Day In Portland](https://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IMG_3435-470x140.jpg)
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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