July 10 The cicadas were already in full orchestra near the train station outside of town. Our train was late to arrive in Modena. Our plan was to hustle over to Franceschetta 58 and see if they had lunch tables left. It was a twenty five minute walk, placing us just away from one hour…… Continue reading Aziz Ansari // Enzo Ferrari // Massimo Bottura // Modena
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It wasn’t until the string quartet
July 9 Florence is a beautiful city, just look up some pictures. It wasn’t singing to me though. I really had trouble connecting with it. Massive queues, with a plethora of ways to pay to skip lines, it felt like a racket. If I’d been here on a week’s holiday while earning a salary I…… Continue reading It wasn’t until the string quartet
Population: < 1000 | Novello, Barolo, Grinzane Cavour
July 6-7 It’s 4 PM on Thursday while I write this and we’ve already turned in for naps. Blame the truffles and the wine, not our weak constitution for hiking up steep vineyards with no reprise from the sun. I haven’t been to Tuscany, but I must say Piedmont has been particularly nice to us. The people…… Continue reading Population: < 1000 | Novello, Barolo, Grinzane Cavour
At the roundabout ahead – mostly Milano
July 4-6 After a quick few hours in Milano, we headed southwest via car. We used Waze to navigate our way around and were happy to find my Waze still set to avoid highways from our California trip. We only hit the Autostrada a couple of times, otherwise, we were taken through sun-baked pink and…… Continue reading At the roundabout ahead – mostly Milano
South East Asia 2013 – First Thoughts & Index of Links
“Indo-China is a great bay-window bulging from the southeastern corner of Asia, its casements opening on the China Sea and on the Gulf of Siam. Of all the countries of the Farther East it is the most mysterious; of them all it is the least known. Larger than the State of Texas, it is a…… Continue reading South East Asia 2013 – First Thoughts & Index of Links
South East Asia 2013 – Introduction
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. ” ― Lin Yutang I’ve always found it easy to become inspired, and equally easy to be complacent. It is the complacency that I am always attempting to quell. Sure, my pillow is the…… Continue reading South East Asia 2013 – Introduction
Cambodia – Day One – Siem Reap
We arrived on time in Siem Reap. It was wet and dark, sometime after 10:30 PM. I had flown from JFK to Seoul, I wandered the airport for a bit and was listening to a string quartet when I found my girlfriend and her sister who both had flown in from Hawaii. The airport in…… Continue reading Cambodia – Day One – Siem Reap
Cambodia – Day Two – Angkor & Temples
It was a wet morning, drenched actually. We find Sohm and three other tuk-tuk drivers awaiting people to rise in the lobby of the hostel. Much debate among our peers whether the trek out to the temples is worth it in such weather. With very limited time to travel, we did not really have the…… Continue reading Cambodia – Day Two – Angkor & Temples
Cambodia – Day Three – Let’s Play Chicken
“I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.” -George Bernard Shaw This is the day we had to say goodbye to Siem Reap, and to our nicest of hosts at Siem Reap Rooms. Seriously, they were so nice. Despite their sadness, they helped us arrange a ride from Siem Reap to Cambodia’s capital, Phnom…… Continue reading Cambodia – Day Three – Let’s Play Chicken
Cambodia – Day Four – Phnom Penh & Khmer Rouge
“Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might begin a mutual love or dislike, friendship, or enmity. Where one city will rise a certain individual to glory, it will destroy another who is not suited to its personality. Only through travel…… Continue reading Cambodia – Day Four – Phnom Penh & Khmer Rouge