Our Endless Berlin Days
First I saw wings. The heavens above Berlin chimed to the flapping of angel wings, but the streets below were monochrome, awash in whispered thoughts and the swift sway of a trapeze. Later I...
Travel Website Statistics: December 2013
In the travel website statistics world, December was an eventful month: the mighty Google gods decided to finally update the page ranks of the many sites populating the interwebs. For some this was a...
Visiting the Chichicastenango Sunday Market
Chichicastenango, colloquially known as Chichi, is one of the main tourist draws of Guatemala. A bustling trading center for centuries, Chichi is nowadays home to a sprawling and richly colored market, held every Thursday...
Sketches of Istanbul
The transcontinental city of Istanbul has been bewitching travelers for centuries. Between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara, continuously caressed by the waters of the Bosphorus, the city known as Byzantium and...
Dwindling Fortunes Update: December 2013
The cost of living in Guatemala We’ve spent the entire month of December in Guatemala, mostly enjoying the quiet shores of Lake Atitlán, with the occasional escapade to Guatemala City to keep us sharp....
13 Uninspirational Travel Quotes
“Not all those who wander are lost”, wrote J. R. R. Tolkien when he wasn’t chasing hobbits. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page”, wrote Saint...
Who's in charge of this joint anyway? To learn a bit more about the brains behind the bedlam,