Meditation: Maps of London, Rome, Paris

On the wall in front of my desk is a map of Rome overlaid with metro and train routes. They’re unassuming, so it just looks like a map of Rome. On this map, with a red marker that I stole from my old job, I have made small dots where my friends live. Three of [...]

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What It Feels Like To Explore A New Place: Favignana, Sicily

I just realized that in my heated fervor surrounding an epic day trip to Levanzo last year, I forgot all about poor Favignana. It’s one of the three Egadi Islands accessible by boat from Trapani, Sicily (the third being Marettimo). If you’ll recall, last year during a visit by my friend Mr. Pants, we got [...]

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How One Travel Writer Is Using Technology In 2010

That travel writer would be me, by the way. In my house, where 1/3 of the occupants are a cat and the other 2/3 don’t get out much, one person doing something equals a trend. So, 2010, what’s up! Let’s see what I’m doing to keep connected to the world in the Information Age. Make [...]

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A New Year’s Message From Miss Expatria

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