On one morning in early September, Mom and I hopped in the car and headed for the border with Canada. It is, as I knew, surprisingly close to home. Other than a brief look at Montreal a few decades back, French Canada, but specifically Québec City, would largely be a new exper...

I have a massive backlog of writing to get through. Instead of holding back to post the pictures, I'll update this story as a blog post. It may not make sense at first, but I trust the process. We spent two full weeks whizzing around Japan in bullet trains - from Tokyo, to Kyo...

Day 1: Arrive in Picton from the North Island Ferry. Pick up the car rental and head to Kaikōura for a late lunch. Finish the day in Christchurch and sleep at AirBnB.Day 2: Depart from Christchurch and head to Lake Takapō for a hiker-style lunch and coffee followed by day hike...

I stare at a tea vendor's steel kettle, waiting for it to boil. ""I trust you!" she yelled at me earlier that morning as I promised that I'd stop by her tent on my way back down from the Monastery, Petra's furthest point. I welcome the shade; even though it's not 11 am yet, I'...

After exploring Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro, it only made sense to add Albania to our list of Balkan adventures.

January 2018. A little more than 2 days in Tokyo before heading to Hakuba for some skiing action. This of course is just a small selection. All pictures shot either with the Fujifilm X-T2 or X100F.

We touched down early Friday morning at Keflavik airport, outside of Reykjavik. It was barely 7am but the sun had been up for hours. Cloudy and 49F in the middle of summer...and me in shorts. Shaking off the cobwebs of a long flight, we ditched our usual routine—zombies wading...

Nancy and I took the train from Tuscany to Rome, dropped our bags and walked back outside. I could barely believe it: Straight down our street, a quarter mile away, was the Roman Colosseum.