At the end of the street where I left you yesterday is one of several entrances into the Rynek Główny or main market square of Krakow. It is a large square punctuated by the tall Gothic towers of St. Mary’s Basilica, dotted by beautiful structures and dining choices, and dominated by the historic Sukiennice or Cloth Hall, which was once …
Krakow, Poland
So last night was not the best way to meet Krakow, Poland for the first time, but I wake up to its bright, puffy clouds gazing down at me through my hotel room’s skylight, which sadly is the only fabulous feature in my room. Well, that and the strong water pressure. I tell myself daylight is probably a better alarm …
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The Un-glamour Of Travel
I’ve written before that I envy one VB (Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice) not only for her staggering Birkin collection but mainly because in any paparazzi photo of her circling the globe, she always, always looks like she’s just stepped out of a salon wearing an outfit worthy of the red carpet. I’m not at all celebrity-fixated but I often …
Moooo
If you live in the concrete jungle or any overly congested city, you might know what a luxury it is to experience clean air as a given. Out here in the Semois Valley in Belgium, as I drive through the forests from one village to another, I want to run through the meadows and skip across streams just to celebrate …
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Route Sans Nom
Don’t you just love technology? Remember the days of looking for places on a real map? Nowadays we can just blindly hop in our cars and follow an automated voice on the GPS without a single clue of where we’re headed, and yet we’re completely confident that we’ll get there. Map, schmap, who needs that? So even as I drive …