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.

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.

August has a reputation problem. Ask most seasoned travelers what they think about August travel and you’ll hear some version of the same answer: too crowded, too expensive, too hot, too much. The airports are full of families in matching t-shirts. The hotels charge what they like because they can. Every good restaurant in every […]

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