Our World Cup Experience

When we arrived in Doha for the World Cup last November, it was with few expectations of what the week would hold. I had intended to blog daily with updates about the matches, the city, the feeling of being back out in the world again, very far away. What I hadn’t expected was to be overwhelmed by the magnitude of

Catching the Light

March 16th, 2021 Today we’re in the Yukon Territory reliving a trip from three years ago that Jay and I made in search of the Northern Lights. We booked the trip only a few days in advance after reading that the Aurora was forecast to be active. It’s only a forecast — the solar winds can change, weather can blow

Maolin’s Moths & Butterflies

August 19th, 2020 In addition to exploring the old trees of Alishan on our trip to Taiwan in 2013, we spent one night in Maolin looking for butterflies. From a cute little stone cottage, we set out by foot to explore the area and found some stunning winged creatures fluttering in the hills. Hope you enjoy the portraits and –

Sweet Trinidad

Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying at home. July 10th, 2020 Today we’re in Trinidad, Cuba. If Havana is the heat and Santiago de Cuba is the spice, then Trinidad is the soothing antidote

The Light of Paris

Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 24th, 2020 Paris is well known as the City of Light or La Ville Lumière. As I’ve learned today while looking into this, the

Into the Tanneries of Fez, Morocco

Travelling, one accepts everything; indignation stays at home. One looks, one listens, one is roused to enthusiasm by the most dreadful things because they are new. Good travellers are heartless. ~Elias Canetti, The Voices of Marrakech Death hangs constantly in front of us as we visit the Chaouwara tanneries in Fez. In the West, we rarely see where our food

A Thousand Shades of Chefchaouen

Near the northern tip of Morocco, in a pocket of sunshine at the base of the Rif mountain range, we arrive at Chefchaouen. Often called the Blue Pearl of Morocco, the town is a collage of blue and white against the earth tones of the landscape. Since its founding in 1471, Chefchaouen has felt the influence of neighboring countries and

Divine Gifts

Last spring, we spent three weeks exploring Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Throughout those three weeks we kept seeing hints of glorious wildflowers as we traveled through the countries in cars, taxis, trains and buses. We would point to the flowers from the windows as the blooms whizzed past us in a blur of color. Driving north from Marbella to Seville