Exploring Italy, Pt. 3: Rome and Vatican City (2023)
This post highlights our experience visiting and exploring Rome and Vatican City over a couple days.
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Aug 18, 20237 min read
Exploring Italy, Pt. 2: The Heel - Matera, Lecce, Otranto, Torre San Giovanni (2023)
This post chronicles travel in the heel of Italy, exploring Matera, Otranto, Lecce, Torre San Giovanni, and more.
Aug 5, 20236 min read
Italy: Avoiding Traffic Fines While Renting a Car and Safe Driving Tips
Avoid fines while driving in Italy! What you need to know about ZTL zones, speed cameras, toll roads, traffic signs, etc.
Aug 30, 202227 min read
Exploring: Azores Islands, Portugal Travel Journal (2022)
sights, descriptions, and tips for travel to the Azores island, Portugal, located in the Atlantic Ocean
May 18, 20228 min read
Tech Review: Beats Fit Pro Noise Canceling Earbuds - Worth It For Travel?
This is an independent tech review of the Beats Fit Pro noise-canceling earbuds (made by Apple).
Apr 5, 20226 min read
Exploring: Santa Catalina Island, California Day Trip
This post details a day trip to Santa Catalina Island, located 22 miles off the coast from Los Angeles. Included are tips and general info.
Mar 9, 202216 min read
Exploring: What to See in Los Angeles (and to Skip, from a Local's Perspective)
This post provides a rundown of all the best sights to see in Los Angeles, from the perspective a local.
Feb 21, 20226 min read
Exploring: California's Monarch Butterfly Groves During a Comeback Year
This travel journal entry details a road trip to the California Central Coast from L.A. to see a monarch butterfly migration.
Feb 20, 20226 min read
Exploring: All the Views of the Hollywood Sign
This post highlights all the best spots for viewing the iconic Hollywood sign in Southern California.
Sep 1, 202130 min read
Exploring: Seattle and the Olympic Peninsula Loop, Washington
This travel journal entry details a visit to Seattle and a road trip to Washington state's west coast.
Apr 18, 20219 min read
Hunting Ghosts, Live! (Pt. 2)
If you came here by way of the “Hunting Ghosts, Pt. 1” entry, you should have a rough idea of how we survived that experience and, maybe...
Apr 10, 20214 min read
Fear at the Peace Wall in Belfast
This post details my own experience of division at the Peace Wall in Belfast and a brief explainer of Ireland and Northern Ireland disputes.
Mar 3, 202110 min read
Hunting Ghosts, Live! (Pt. 1)
A couple weeks ago, I was going through some paperwork and rediscovered a journal from a part of my past that continues to follow me...
Nov 25, 202012 min read
Exploring: Yosemite National Park, California
This travel journal details a visit to Yosemite National Park in California, and a stay in the nearby town of Mariposa.
Aug 10, 202015 min read
Exploring: Belize and a Guatemala Day Trip
This post details a trip to Belize (San Ignacio, San Pedro, ATM Cave), as well as a day trip to the Mayan ruins of Tikal in Guatemala.
Jun 25, 20205 min read
Getting Back to Hollywood Isn’t So Easy
The time has come to leave Italy. Thick, dark clouds are rolling into Venice as we take off, and that’s not a place I want to be when it...
Jun 17, 20207 min read
Exploring: Getting Lost (Literally) in Venice, Italy
This travel journal details both the fascination and confusion brought on by one of the world's great cities: Venice, Italy.
Jun 7, 20207 min read
Exploring: Florence, Italy
“The Creator made Italy from designs by Michael Angelo!” -Mark Twain, “The Innocents Abroad”* In lieu of a “Welcome” sign, your arrival...
May 31, 20204 min read
Exploring: San Gimignano and Tuscan Wine Tasting
We start the day in Siena with a continental breakfast – the standard, uninspired fare of hardboiled eggs, cold cuts, cheese, bread....
May 25, 20205 min read
Exploring: Intro to Tuscany / Destination Siena
“Tuscany looks like what all of Italy should look like.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (attributed) We stare out the train window as the...
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