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Modernist Architecture in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

June 12, 201619 Comments

Phnom Penh Architecture: Vann Molyvann’s Modernist Legacy As I’ve stated before, our trip to Southeast Asia was a rather serendipitous one.  I’ve been rather singularly focused in the past 18 months on making my…

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We Need to Talk about Yerevan, Armenia

April 5, 20164 Comments

I’ve put off writing this piece for quite a while now.  It’s been over a year (15 months, in fact) since we were in Yerevan, and part of me hoped the distance from the…

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A Slow Burn for Belgrade, Serbia

March 14, 20166 Comments

Belgrade, Serbia is one of those places I was destined to fall in love with. Everything I knew about it spoke to me on an almost primal level.  It’s home to pristine examples of…

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Road Tripping Kosovo: From Pristina to Pec to Prizren

November 10, 20152 Comments

As I’ve said before, the spontaneity of our Balkan adventure this October made me get out of my comfort zone while planning.  So, when I knew we’d have two nights in Kosovo – one…

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In Defense of Fast Travel

October 29, 20152 Comments

I travel fast.  When I am on a trip, unless a more relaxed beach-type of vacation, I create itineraries to see as much as possible in the limited amount of time I have off.…

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How We Didn’t do Saaremaa Justice

October 18, 2015Leave a comment

We went to Saaremaa with the best intentions.  We had a list of things to see and a finite amount of time to see them.  We were also coming from a long day of…

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An Istanbul to Tbilisi to Kazbegi Odyssey – Christmas 2014, Part 1

August 3, 2015Leave a comment

I like to make travel difficult as possible.  While I wouldn’t typically openly admit to this, the behavioral patterns I engage in leading up to and while on trips says otherwise.  I like really…

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Breaking Up with Japan – My First Travel Love

July 14, 2015Leave a comment

I have the most vivid memories from my childhood of my great aunt, Jeanette, telling me and my sister stories of her travels after World War 2 around the world as a schoolteacher on…

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Church and Monastery Fatigue in Armenia – The Debed Canyon

July 3, 20152 Comments

When I was planning our trip to Turkey and Georgia last year, I hadn’t originally thought to make a little jaunt into Armenia.  But after doing additional investigating into various places to see and…

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