There are places in Europe that have become victims of their own beauty. The Amalfi Coast. Santorini. Venice. Barcelona. The Algarve. All of them extraordinary. All of them, in summer, operating well beyond the threshold of what makes travel enjoyable. This isn’t a secret. Everyone who has been to Positano in August knows. Everyone who […]
Stories That Inspire the Way You Travel
I've been traveling since before I could walk. Literally. So when I write about a place, it's not from a brochure. It's from a terrace, a back road, a kitchen table, or a train I took because the timing was right. Some pieces are practical — the timing that matters, the question to ask before you book. Some are just stories I couldn't stop thinking about long enough to keep to myself. Pour yourself a coffee. Or wine. Probably wine.
Pull up a chair. This is where the stories live.
It is late June. The grills are fired up, the sunscreen is stocked up, and the firecrackers are on standby for the Fourth. Summer 2026. It’s here. And I’m already thinking about summer 2027. That’s not a sales pitch. It’s just the reality of how summer travel works, especially for Europe. The short version: Europe […]
The multi-country Europe trip works when the combination is honest. Here are three that genuinely do — and how to approach each one.
Scandinavia, Scotland, Ireland, and the Baltics are built for summer. No heat problem, thinner crowds, and days that don’t end. Here’s the case.
