Jet Lagged in Lisbon

Jet lag is a curious experience. For me, it’s at first a sense of utter exhaustion. I don’t sleep on planes. Certainly not due to the lack of desire to do so. I also never slept on Christmas Eve as a child. It was always the excitement over what was about to come that kept…

Thoughts on Being Spread Out Over the Hood of a Mexican Police Car

I had a high school teacher that once told his class that you should always tuck $20 in with your driver’s licence when travelling in a foreign country. He figured no matter what happened or why the police had your permit the $20 would help solve the problem. He actually specifically said in Mexico but…

Finding Zihuatanejo in the Time of It

We frequently just call it…It. As in thirty more people got It yesterday. We know what It is. We don’t need to explain it. It has put an end to adventures as they had been. It means I stay inside all day on most days. Sometimes I watch out the window at others walking around…

The Train to London

I am not an expert by any means on British rail travel, though when conducting a very small bit of research online, I read that South Western Railway did not have the best reputation. There were tales of people being stranded in the pubs surrounding Waterloo station, some due to the trains and in others…

Wet Clothes and Warm Sandwiches in Paris

Rain is the same everywhere in the world. It may vary in intensity and emotion but it still falls from the sky. It fuels growth and rebirth but like any part of turning something tiny and fragile into something strong and vibrant it can be unpleasant. Rain during travel can be just that, unpleasant. There…

Fairy Tale Windmills

I first became intrigued riding the train from Rotterdam to Amsterdam during a quick whirlwind tour of the Netherlands. It was a mostly sunny day early in September that was not quite autumn, yet also not summer anymore. That is always what September is, a time of year when no matter what you wear is…

Welcome

I am a writer, photographer, and traveller and this is the beginning of a new project for me. I hope to use this venue to immerse the reader in some of my personal travel experiences and hopefully inspire wanderlust in all your hearts. Some may be actual adventures, like hiking to the top of a…