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Dreamy Days in Ljubljana

Dreamy Days in Ljubljana

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The first leg of my 10 day solo trip to Slovenia I remember sipping a cappuccino at an outdoor terrace near Ljubljana castle, looking out over rust-orange roofs and church spires. Leafy green forest hills stretched on forever, and the mountains in the distance grazed puffy white clouds. The weather was so perfect it made every moment gorgeous, lending a fairytale charm and idyllic, sun-drenched beauty to the mornings, afternoons, and evenings. It was mid-May when I arrived, and the…

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On Solo Traveling

On Solo Traveling

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I fear I have neglected this blog, but no longer! There are so many places I’ve gone since my last travel post about Cinque Terre in 2020— on that same trip, I stayed with a friend in Vicenza for a week and saw a Venice sans tourists, then stayed with another friend in the Netherlands; it was a surreal European Covid summer where I swam with locals in the Amsterdam canals and went to jazz bars on warm Paris nights. …

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Dad

Dad

I haven’t posted on this blog for the past two years, and so it felt only fitting that my first post in a while would be about my Dad. I was looking through my comments page, and a whole fresh wave of grief washed over me as I read all his messages. He commented more than anyone else. He was the sweetest. Here is one comment that is just the essence of him, from “Two Days in The Calanques” PiperWhat…

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36 Hours in Cinque Terre

36 Hours in Cinque Terre

Cinque Terre is about wandering around and enjoying the sea. There isn’t a ton to do in the way of sightseeing, which makes it a relaxing respite after the busyness of Rome and other major Italian cities. In Cinque Terre if all you do is lounge around eating and sipping wine and looking at the water then you would have done it right.

Roman Holiday, Sans Tourists

Roman Holiday, Sans Tourists

One evening we watched the sunset at the Terrazza del Pincio with cheap wine in plastic cups, toasting as the sky turned coral over Piazza del Popolo and its Egyptian obelisk. Later, we bought Neapolitan-style pizza and ate it at midnight in front of marble gods at the Trevi Fountain. We talked often about how crazy it was to be in Rome without crowds.

Two Days in The Calanques

Two Days in The Calanques

Visualize electric blue water so clear it hardly seems real. Chalky cliffs that cut a jagged line across the sky. A dry landscape of rocks and scrub that meet the vast expanse of the Mediterranean. These are Les Calanques. The Calanques aren’t super well known outside of France, which is surprising considering their beauty and majesty. “Calanques” means “rocky inlets” in French, and this is exactly what they are— peaceful coves and inlets. The water is calm, and the hills…

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Six Weeks of Travel During Corona

Six Weeks of Travel During Corona

Yesterday I arrived back to Lyon after 41 straight days traveling. I am left wonderstruck by a trip that was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to see Europe without tourists. It was absolutely wild. I mean, I saw the Roman Colosseum with just a couple of other people in the arena for company. Rome itself was empty compared to normal summers. I can’t emphasize enough how unique this was. Of course, there were other travelers, but they were mostly from fellow European…

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Porquerolles’ Stunning Beauty

Porquerolles’ Stunning Beauty

A weekend exploring the French Mediterranean Friday night in Hyères, we arrived at the restaurant to the sound of live music as the sun was setting. We had to walk down a forest road for half a mile before finding the hip place, which sprawled over the beach and had tables a stone’s throw away from the water’s edge. I felt so happy: sipping cocktails, sharing tapas in the violet dusk, listening to a band, gazing at the twilit sea,…

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