Lost In The Sierra Nevadas
The first time I went to Spain, I only managed to make it to Madrid and Sevilla. Madrid was fun, and had everything I expected from a capital city. It…
Category: Destinations
Murphy’s Law and Theraflu
Casablanca.. The name alone conjures up images of dashing men in fedoras and trench coats, women in sleek dresses and barrel curls, dingy illicit bars teeming with dark shady characters.…
Summer in Burano
Right now I’m sitting underneath multiple layers of blanket on my couch riding out what the weather people call “Polar Vortex“. It’s basically a fancy term for “it’s ridiculously fucking…
The Frog, The Kiwi, The Yank, and Judith Krantz
“I’m bored”, says Bruce the Kiwi. “Let’s do something crazy.” “Mi-she-leee, I told you we should have eaten first”, droned Solene the hottest French girl this side of the Adriatic…
Brasil – Day 1
It’s snowy in Chicago now, and the temperature is below freezing. Getting out of bed is a daily 10-minute painful ordeal. Every morning when that alarm blares, you know the…
Sinulog 2004
Sinulog is the month long celebration for the Feast of Sto. Niño, or the Infant Jesus, held annually during the month of January. The Grand Parade is the culmination of…
Dude, where’s my passport??
“Seriously?? Where the hell is my passport??” I am sitting on a bus bound for Sarajevo, and in the two hours since I’ve got on the bus in Dubrovnik, we’ve…
The Great Budapest Race
Did you know that Budapest has 3 railway stations? Neither did I. Imagine my dismay and horror when I found out that my train to Zagreb, the only one for…
Midan Tahrir
Two weeks before the Egyptian Revolution broke out, I spent about 2 weeks going around Egypt. My first and last stop of the trip was Cairo, and though I have…
The River and The Heavenly Olives
So after a long day that started at the crack of dawn in the Albazain neighborhood of Granada, I find myself in a tiny bar off Puente de la Miraflores…