I booked a November island trip to the wrong coast, discovered the two sides run on opposite seasons, and rebooked everything from a Bangkok hostel.
Continue reading →I spent my first days in Madrid unable to find dinner before nine and lunch after four, and once I gave up and adopted the schedule the country made sense.
Continue reading →I flew into Lyon instead of Paris, which cost less, took less time and gave me a week in a France most visitors never see.
Continue reading →Lisbon's light is genuinely different and its best viewpoints are free, but the famous tram shot involves standing in a working street with pickpockets.
Continue reading →I went in mid-August and found half the restaurants shut, the cities empty of Italians and the coast impossible to book.
Continue reading →I stayed in Yanaka for seven days and left the district maybe four times, which is how I finally understood a city I had visited twice before.
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