eat well, drink well and travel happy
twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. so throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. catch the trade winds in your sail. explore. dream. discover. — mark twain — malta is under siege. the sun is shining brightly […]
if you want to be happy, be. — leo tolstoy — birthdays. i love them. mine, yours, his, hers, that guy down the street, my dog’s. i may not love the idea of getting older, but i absolutely love the idea of bringing people together to celebrate, have some drinks, good food, and lots of […]
and above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. — roald dahl — fresh off my trip to kazakhstan, i was back at it, planning my next adventure. this time […]
destiny is not a matter of chance, it’s a matter of choice — jeremy kitson — traveling in winter has it’s difficulties. my flight was cancelled from boston to bucharest due to snow in boston. i rescheduled it twice and crossed my fingers because one day lost was fine, but two would throw off the […]
if you know you want it, have it. — gita beeline — hungry for hungary? me too. it’s been on my list for a long time so when i finally landed in budapest i couldn’t have asked for a better start to my monday. in three words, budapest. is. awesome. go there. book a ticket […]
serendipity: finding something good without looking for it. i started planning my february trip back in january, which is my usual ants in the pants practice. i am so enthralled with seeing and doing new things that it takes me only minutes to already be planning my next adventure. something i am often asked is […]
most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy. — robert anthony — i have a friend who i’ve known for 17 years. we met through a mutual friend when i was in college and he was living in germany. we have spent many drunken nights singing, laughing and behaving like total […]
travel isn’t always pretty. it isn’t always comfortable. sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. but that’s okay. the journey changes you; it should change you. it leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. you take something with you. hopefully, you leave something good behind. — […]
things do not change; we change! — henry david thoreau — should i be this nervous to go to sweden? my friends in norway would undoubtedly say yes (the norwegian-swedish relationship reminds me so much of the US-canadian banter that i know and love) but this nervousness was based more on the complete lack of […]
if you want to keep your memories, first you have to live them — bob dylan — bob dylan is a smart guy. he knows how to roll. i wish i had taken his advice before i slowly passed my twenties, flew past my early thirties and landed at 37 without a real sense of […]
conquering continents 