Posts from year 2017
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Happy New Year Luxembourg
If you’re looking to start your year with a bang, and not the kind that leaves a crater, you could do better than Luxembourg. Tucked between the heavyweights of Europe like some neutral cousin who shows up to family dinners in a cashmere sweater and says very little, this tiny country plays it cool.
Roaming in Valletta
Valletta is a city built by knights and battered by time, perched like a stubborn old cat on Malta’s rocky spine, staring defiantly at the Mediterranean.
The silent city of Mdina
Perched on a hill in the center of Malta like some ancient being, Mdina looks like the kind of place where secrets go to fester for a few more centuries. Once the island’s capital, now just a footnote with a view.
Around the island of Gozo
Most people come to Malta chasing the postcard gloss of Valletta or the blue shimmer of the beaches. Gozo? It’s the dusty side alley of the Mediterranean, the slow heartbeat of the archipelago, and that’s the actual reason to go.
Silent night in Frankfurt
Frankfurt is a city that wears its glass towers like a tailored suit. Expensive, efficient and utterly devoid of warmth. Not ugly, not beautiful. Just precise.
The streets of Paris
One of the advantages of repeated visits to a place is to be able to focus on the moment, instead of chasing bucket list items and enduring endless queues. To slowly drift down the worn streets of the French capital is a sublime pleasure in life.
Along the French Riviera
The French Riviera is one of those opulent places that everybody seems to like. I’ve been here several times before, but it’s nice to revisit old favorites as well as discovering new locations.
Way Out West 2017
After the rain havoc last year, I prepared for the worst and went muttering on the tram towards this year’s edition of Way Out West.
Roaming through Banff
Banff isn’t real. Not in the way you think. It’s too beautiful, too pristine, like a fever dream soaked in glacier water and maple syrup.
A day in Toronto
Toronto isn’t a city that begs for attention. It doesn’t scream like New York or seduce like Paris. No, Toronto is the kind of place that plays it cool, having a quiet confidence wrapped in layers of concrete, maple leaves and multicultural swagger.