Bogotá, Medellín, Salento, and Santa Fe de Antioquia
October 7, 2012, Colombia. I ended up making friends with a young Mexican man from Mexico City named Le (short for Alejandro) who worked at the Musicology Hostel. Over the […]
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La Serena
August 23, 2012, Chile. We had planned to skip La Serena, but Claudio’s friend insisted we visit—I’m glad we did. La Serena is the second-oldest city founded in Chile, though […]
Germany
August 19, 2018. In the morning, I continued to Lübeck and arrived around 11:15 a.m. I really enjoyed the city—it was beautiful, with a charming tower, a moat, and a […]
Denmark
August 16, 2018. After stopping to look at a mill and manor, I crossed a bridge under construction and came across a beautiful church, which I took time to explore. […]
Sweden
July 29, 2018. I woke up to rain leaking through the fly of my tent. People kept walking by, which made me nervous. Got a cappuccino for $5, a burger […]
On to Riga for the National Song Festival
June 30, 2018. I woke up in Mikulov, just over the Austrian border in the Czech Republic. I drove toward a large castle, then wandered on foot, discovering the old […]
Istrian Peninsula
June 25, 2018. I slept on a hill behind the church, wondering if a police officer might find me. The bar in the valley below blasted music until 5 a.m., […]
Chicago to Canada
August 24–September 2, 2019. I stayed with Cathie and Don in Chicago for a week. They had invited me to visit after we met during their stay at the AirBnb […]
Next stop: Aizuwakamatsu
April 19, 2025. Before catching the train from Tokyo to Aizuwakamtsu, we headed to the Fukagawa Edo museum which we had visited my first time in Tokyo in November. They […]
Leaving Bonn
July 12, 2022. I woke around 9 having slept poorly due to worry. I’d been tossing and turning thinking about the two months remaining and had no idea how I […]
On to Germany
July 4, 2022. Today was a slow start—I woke at 10 and headed to breakfast, where Coosje and I talked for a few minutes. I thanked her for her kindness, […]
Reims to Ghent
June 20, 2022. Exhausted from the past few days, I slept in and didn’t wake up until 10. I set off to find a sunshade, a pillow, and some groceries—just […]
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