Phrases like “The Queen of the Caribbean Coast”, “exploding with creative energy”, “a must-visit”, and countless more grace the pages of travel magazines the world over about the city of Cartagena de Indias on the…
December 17, 2021
Gjirokaster, the stone city of Albania
Gjirokaster (in Albanian: Gjirokastra or Gjirokastër) is my favorite city in Albania, full stop. The walkable old town, majestic manor homes, and the imposing castle on the hill above, all contribute to make the Stone…
December 2, 2021
Top 8 things to do in Tirana
As I mentioned in my September 2021 recap, I happened upon a trip to Tirana, Albania somewhat randomly. After plans coalesced for a fall trip to Turkey, I made plans to visit the region beforehand…
October 31, 2021
Berat – a window on Albania
Berat, Albania is known as the City of 1001 Windows, which, as it turns out, is actually a mistranslation from Albanian to English, but more on that later. My first foray outside of the Albanian…
September 14, 2018
15 years and 52,000 photos
I’ve been back home in the US for the last four weeks and one of my goals was to start consolidating my 15 years of digital photos into a back catalogue that I can search…
October 7, 2015
Exploring London on a budget
London is an expensive city. Let’s just get that out of the way. It’s like New York City-level expensive and even then I suspect it’s worse in some categories. Of all the cities I’ve been…
February 26, 2015
Queenstown adventures and new friends
360 degree view from the top of Ben Lomond peak, Queenstown, New Zealand. I came to Queenstown for the same reason so many others do. It is called the adventure capital of New Zealand and…