Talking with Strangers on the Beara Peninsula
At the time I met Noel—on an Irish morning flawless as a perfectly poured pint of Guinness—I had a plan:…
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Horse Riding and Travel: 5 Reasons to Ride
Steel horseshoes struck 500-year-old cobblestones, echoing off brick walls of the homes and shops lining Callejón del Aguacate. Astride Frina, I…
Packing for Travel: Know Thyself
Packing for travel has one certainty, one hard and fast rule: there is no certainty and no hard and fast…
Disconnect to Accept the Promises of Travel
With a plane ticket and a smart phone, you can take the family and all of your friends along on pretty…
A Brand New Travel Bag and Some Dumb Purchases
A member of a writer’s group I belong to recently posted this question: If you had to name the dumbest…
Haggling in Morocco: Camels and Cabbage
The historic city of Meknes begins to hum with activity, and I’m anticipating a morning of haggling. The sun is not…
Subterranean Paris: Sewers Below the City of Light
“Paris has another Paris under herself; a Paris of sewers; which has its streets, its crossings, its squares, its blind…
How to See Paris Without Wanting to Stab Your Travel Partner
They make their way from Dubuque. New York City. Portland, Maine and Dallas, Texas. But also from Moscow, Frankfurt, Tangier…
Making New Friends in Ireland
Earlier this summer while traveling in Ireland I met Mickey, an Irish gentleman who came into Con & Maura’s Bar,…
Irish Whiskey Tasting in Midleton, County Cork
There’s a theory (you can look it up and read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers) referred to as the 10,000-hours rule, which…