6 Things to Do in Launceston
The second-largest city in Tasmania, Launceston feels larger than its roughly 85,000 people. It’s spread out over a good amount of space — but the downtown is easily walkable (my […]
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The Tasmanian Midlands
The inland drive from Hobart to the sleepy town of Fingal takes you through the spectacular scenery and cute towns of the Tasmanian Midlands. The first interesting place to veer […]
The Vienna of God and the Emperors
After visiting universities in Holland, I took a short flight to Austria for a conference. If the Netherlands is cozy, Vienna is stately — it’s clear that the Austrian Habsburgs […]
Fun Facts About Leiden
Fun fact #1: You can get pancakes that are bigger than your head. Seriously — these things are huge: I had this pear and whipped cream pancake at Pannenkoekenhuys Oudt […]
Tramping Through Tampines
The area of northeastern Singapore known as Tampines — now a major Regional Centre (read: giant suburb) — was once little more than a twine of mangroves, mudflats, and swamp […]
Balestier: 3 Major Monuments
In my last post, I wrote about wandering along Balestier Road on the National Heritage Board’s Heritage Trail. The final segment of that walk takes you clear off of Balestier […]
The End of the World
The ancient Greeks believed that the gate to Hades lay in an underground cave beneath Cape Tenaro (also called Cape Matapan), the southernmost tip of mainland Greece. It’s a remote […]
Western Mani Beauty
The Mani, the area in the southwestern finger of the Peloponnese, has traditionally been one of the harshest, driest, most remote areas of Greece. It was one of the only […]
Rocks and Water
We had to pass a ruined church, a ruined house, and a ruined wall to access our Airbnb apartment in Kato Chora. But Jocelyn and I spent a full three […]
Nearly Nowhere
The Parnonas mountain range slides down into the southeastern finger of the Peloponnese, eventually terminating in an area that is almost empty of people. Jocelyn and I entered this area […]
