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Costa Smeralda Blues

The Gallura Diaries: Kafka, Chemotherapy, and the Emerald Coast

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Be My Basel Bae

Metamorphosis of Meaning in a Labyrinth of Canvases

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Zen in Zürich

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Feeling Luxembourgish

General Patton, Goldblum’s jazz, and wandering through the Gibraltar of the North.

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Waltzing Through Vienna

Vienna's opulent charm, from its historic cafés and cultural landmarks to its paradoxical allure, blends beauty with a darker past. Even Franz Kafka, who once called Vienna a "mammoth dying village," couldn't escape its complex pull.

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A Negroni in Sardinia

A Reflection on Bourdain Day

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Happiness Is Florence in My Rearview Mirror

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To the Angry Florentine Women Who Like to Stare at Me While I Eat

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Café Louvre

Searching for Kafka in Prague at a historical café in New Town

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Lost in Lisbon

It wasn’t about closing a chapter, but about stepping into a new one with a full heart, a satisfied appetite, and the quiet understanding that the best discoveries are the ones you make when you’re not looking for them at all.

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Milan

A city with a sophisticated, cosmopolitan vibe with gritty medieval edges.

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Lithuania

An attractive investment destination with serious issues with its neighbors, organized crime, and cyberthreats.

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Positano

A place of dreams and a reminder to manifest those goals.

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Nervi, Italy

A dramatic coastline. A lost, romantic ghost. An eerie 2020 prediction.

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Prague Fog

Transient, insightful mornings from a post-war life abroad.

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Flight: London to Edinburgh

Traveling from London Heathrow (LHR) to Edinburgh, Scotland (EDI) in our first post-COVID-19 lockdown flight.

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Borough Market

Strolling through one of London’s oldest markets with amazing eats & treats.

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British Museum

Checking out the British Museum, its controversial pieces, and clueless humans who can’t keep their hands to themselves.

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Stonehenge, Glastonbury & Avebury

Setting up a special trip to Stonehenge during Alex’s birthday month made sense. However, there was something else nudging me to book this trip through the English countryside.

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Puglia, Italy

Puglia. A breathtakingly gorgeous region located at the heel of Italy’s boot, and by far, the most impressive and enchanting.

Dispatches.