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As the Uber driver dropped us off, I wondered if we had the address wrong. We were looking for the entrance to a cocktail bar that my daughter had categorized as “secret.” My wife and I were back in San…
I could see her from a distance. For that matter, I wasn’t sure that it was a woman until she briefly lifted her head to tuck her straggly hair back behind her ear. She didn’t look a lot older than…
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” Robert Louis Stevenson. My Scotland experience started the minute I hopped onto a taxi outside Edinburgh airport. “The Glasshouse Hotel please,” I told the driver as I…
My flight from Toronto to Dublin is full. As I settle down into my seat, I notice that my co-passengers are predominantly white and middle-aged. It isn’t a typical transatlantic flight where you find an eclectic mix of travelers. Toronto’s…
The vestiges of the hippie movement are everywhere as I walk down Haight Street in San Francisco. It’s the 41st Haight-Ashbury Street Fair — the annual fair where people come together to remember and celebrate the “Summer of Love.” Pop-up…
Budapest is a tale of two towns, Buda and Pest. Looking down at Pest from the Buda side is like old money looking down on the nouveau riche. To its residents, Buda is the classier side of the city. After…
Prague is a bit like Toronto. Everyone loves hockey and beer. But, the resemblance sort of ends there. Toronto is newish and modern. Everything in Prague is ancient. For instance, the “Old Town” in Prague dates back to the 9th…
I will start with a cliché: Time seems to have stood still in Cuba. It is evident on my drive from Havana’s José Martí Airport to Hotel Nacional De Cuba. The typical buildings that you find near an airport — offices…
For someone who travels a fair bit, I have never hit the gym at a hotel. Occasionally, I do check out the hotel swimming pool, mostly to grab a beer by the poolside. I am not proud of it. But,…
You could say that I am not a believer. No true faith. When it comes to religion and faith, I have always flown under the radar as someone who is “not particularly religious.” Occasionally, God and prayer cross my mind.…