The Amalfi Coast is a collection of villages dotted along a beautiful stretch of coastline stretching from Salerno to Naples in central Italy. In June 1807 Giuseppe Bonaparte visited the […]
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Rome
It was a quick stop for us in Rome after a memorable few days in Florence and Tuscany: it was forecast to be very hot and there’s only so much […]
Florence and Tuscany
Florence was such a vibrant city just brimming with history. Amazing museums, beautiful Tuscan architecture and such amazing food. Lisa assigned the kids homework: a list of landmarks across the […]
Cinque Terre
To explore Italy’s famous Cinque Terre – literally translated as “five lands” – we based ourselves in the quaint oceanside enclave of Riva Trigoso on the Italian Riviera. Our little […]
Nice and the French Riviera
Our trip from Paris to Nice was the first of what will be many European train journeys, the roughly six hour adventure took us hurtling across central France on one […]
Paris
As our Air France flight disembarked from San Francisco I had to pinch myself a little: we were finally off to Europe! In spite of COVID and a significant portion […]
The Long Road Through Canada
I’ve crossed a lot of country borders in my years. Generally the occasions have been reasonably uneventful (except for that one time I wasn’t allowed to board a US-bound plane […]
The Glenn Highway and Tok Cutoff
Following another round of COVID tests in Anchorage on our way north from The Kenai Peninsula, we officially marked the beginning of our very long drive back to California to […]
Breweries of Alaska
In honor of my map of Australia’s best bakeries – the creation of which took many thousands of calories – we’ve decided to create a sister map of Alaska’s best […]
The Kenai Peninsula
Our decision to spend the Independence Day long weekend in Anchorage had us thanking our lucky stars again as we motored south out of the city towards the Kenai Peninsula. […]
Independence Day in Anchorage
We made a conscious choice to spend the Independence Day long weekend in Anchorage, figuring that all the locals would head out of the city to enjoy the outdoors for […]
Talkeetna and Surrounds
On our way south from Denali National Park we stopped off for a hike in the lesser-known Denali State Park alongside the Parks Highway. It had rained earlier in the […]