Going au naturel in Paris, with Natural and Biodynamic Wines
Trend alert! Paris is the best city for trying biodynamic and natural wines. Read an intro to this style and why they may shake up your perspectives.
A Lively Trip To The Dead Sea
Don’t expect fish from the Dead Sea, but do expect remarkable landscape and a unique experience taking the waters, unlike nowhere else.
Why Macau is so much better than Las Vegas (it’s the food)
A look at why Las Vegas, despite its amazing collection of celebrity restaurants, pales in comparison to Macau’s native fusion food culture.
Seeing and Shooting the Northern Lights in Tromsø, Norway
Tromso, Norway, 400k north of the Arctic Circle, a great place to see the Northern Lights. Learn about that experience and about photographing the lights.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre – another Jerusalem site testing everything you believe
Visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem will let you experience old Christian traditions with modern orangized religious differences.
Tomar, Portugal: Where the Knights Templar lie, ready, waiting
Tomar, Portugal is a small town with a massive attraction–the complex of the Knights Templar. Beyond this looming draw, the town itself is a delight.
Tokyo’s Robot Restaurant – For The Teen-Age Boy That Lurks In All Of Us
UPDATE – The Robot Restaurant in Tokyo has been a victim of the pandemic and of changing times. The former version of it closed in 2023, and it sort of made a comeback as a daytime show, but not run by its former owners, and perhaps does not resemble its former self. If I make…
Hiking on an Iceland glacier
I was walking on water. We all were, following our guide. We put our trust in her, that she would keep us safe and that no one would disappear downwards into the blue depths, though she was carrying twenty meters of rope in case we did. I didn’t expect the water to be so blue and so beautiful, though it wasn’t that way everywhere. At one point, our striking blonde guide caught me looking around with a smile.
“Like it?” she asked me knowingly.
I couldn’t stop smiling. “This is really cool.”
Why it’s hard to get a really good meal in Paris restaurants
This is a hard post to write, like telling an old lover that yes yes you’ll always be my first love, but you simply lack the power to thrill anymore. It’s about Paris, that wonderful city that used to be the capital of Western cuisine but where nowadays it is rather hard to find a great meal.
The Most Irritating Thing About Visiting Petra, Jordan, And How To Handle It
Some days, at some places, and for some elements, travelers simply find themselves saying, “Damn, this is irritating.” In the Petra area of Jordan, an ancient complex of stone structures which is the major attraction of the country, I found myself saying this repeatedly.
Piran, Slovenia: A cheaper, uncrowded, and smaller version of Venice
The Venetians built a central square and a striking bell tower over their town of stone buildings and snaking, maze-like alleyways there on the Adriatic Sea. They just didn’t always do it in there in Venice. If you’re within striking distance of Venice and you’re on the water, you might run across an old Venetian-built…
The Surprisingly Secret Walk Behind One Of Iceland’s Most Popular Waterfalls
There’s a secret behind one of the most photographed and accessible waterfalls in Iceland, a secret that made the afternoon I visited it the most pleasant of my trip there, a secret that I’m going to tell you. It left me befuddled and open-mouthed and delighted with the surprises that this beautiful island can deliver. You should know this secret and that’s why you should keep reading.