Flying in Cockpits: New Zealand's Air Travel Boarding Sounds Air flight
A few weeks ago at the Nelson airport, something strange happened… and by strange, I mean amazing. When checking in for my flight, I wasn’t asked for a ticket or even a piece Continue Reading My First Month in New Zealand New Zealand is known as the adventure capital of the world. I remember my older brother talking about his trip here in the early 90's and what stayed with me is his experience bungy jumping. He walked to the edge Continue Reading Reflections on the Year: A letter to my high school alumni magazine
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
20 years after graduating from Saint Andrews (Class of ‘96), I made some major life changes. Most of my high school friends were somewhere between Continue Reading A Guide to Christchurch, New Zealand I was nervous about my trip to Christchurch, New Zealand. The more people I talked to, the more I regretted having booked a 10-day house sit there. “There’s not much to do…” “It’s still being rebuilt from the earthquake…” “You Continue Reading A Metal Flower, a Cemetery, and Dante’s Inferno: Welcome to Buenos Aires Floralis Genérica
What does a metal flower, a cemetery, and Dante’s Inferno all have in common? The answer: Buenos Aires. A blooming 105-foot stainless steel flower comes to life every morning at sunrise; a spectacular cemetery of Continue Reading Overwhelmed With 'All That Architecture' Prague’s beauty is mesmerizing. I find myself repeating the phrase “this is ridiculous…” every time I turn a corner to see what a new street will display. The capital city of the Czech Republic, located in Bohemia- or the western Continue Reading
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Posts from 1+ Years of Travel
50,000 miles, 23 countries, 5 continents... and almost 2 years later. I've left the corporate world (and the US) to experience life.
Trying to break into the local scene is fairly difficult as a traveler. Where do you start? How do you meet locals if you don’t speak the same language? Can...
Buenos Aires is the most visited city in Latin America. It’s known as the ‘Paris of Latin America’ due to its nightlife, sophistication in the arts, and beautiful European architecture....
Buenos Aires is immediately charming. It feels warm, accessible, clean… and incredibly familiar. It looks like Paris, it looks like New York City, it feels like Rome and Madrid. Yet...
Artistic Locale The place to be in Córdoba is the bohemian neighborhood of Güemes. Speckled with early 20th Century architecture, Güemes has primarily been occupied by ‘starving artists,’ intellectuals and...
The Southern Hemisphere is starting to grow on me. There’s more ocean mass than its northern counterpart (20% more), creating an overall milder climate. With less land (50% less) and...
Our final month of Remote Year begins in less than 1 week and the tears are already starting to flow. While the last 11 months have been nothing short of...
Here in Argentina, everything starts a little later than usual. Life is paced by meals and mate (tea) rituals. No one even thinks about dinner until 9pm (if it’s summer,...