One of the most exhilarating moments of my life: whipping through the air, hundreds of feet above the Monteverde rainforest canopy with only a string ahead that disappears into the white mist.
Greek olives & controversial coffee
This is pretty much the best smelling travel loot to date. Yum.
Totem, Canada
“The poles serve a purpose: that of telling stories and relaying histories. Traditionally, the cedar poles would be open to the elements and slowly return to the earth over time.”
Paris
It felt as though we barely scratched the surface of the many distinct cities that make up Paris, from historic to gritty to opulent. We’ll have to return soon with more time and better french skills.
Easter Processioner, Spain
"One of the most striking, and perhaps most eerie, spectacles of the festival are the Nazarenos (based on the people of Nazareth, as the name suggests) in their tall, pointy hats and matching robes..."
Viking, Iceland
“It is better to live on the sea and let other men raise your crops and cook your meals. A house smells of smoke, a ship smells of frolic. From a house you see a sooty roof, from a ship you see Valhalla.”
Parrot, Costa Rica
“Costa Rica is the greenest and happiest country in the world, according to a new list that ranks nations by combining measures of their ecological footprint with the happiness of their citizens.”
Minotaur, Greece
“Some modern mythologists regard the Minotaur as a solar personification and a Minoan adaptation of the Baal-Moloch of the Phoenicians. The slaying of the Minotaur by Theseus in that case indicates the breaking of Athenian tributary relations with Minoan Crete.”
Miami and surrounds
We had low expectations of Florida, home of the world’s retirees, but Miami definitely showed us a good, ol' time.
Say ‘yes’ to Yakutsk!
I've been on the hunt for more info about a Siberian region called Yakutya and its capital, the coldest inhabitable city in the world—Yakutsk
Dog Sledding in Algonquin
The reason we braved the cold was dogsledding (and our anniversary), which was pretty fantastic. I imagined we’d be sitting back and letting our guide do all the work, but not so. We each operated our own sled with 6 fuzzy, and slightly manic dogs dying to run across fields of ice.
Weekend: New York I
Our four short days were filled to the brim with deliciousness
Saint Nicholas, Switzerland
“Many of the churches devoted to the saint were those established at market squares by Russian merchants, sea-farers and those who traveled by land, venerating the wonderworker Nicholas as a protector of all those journeying on dry land and sea.”