I arrived in Tangier, Morocco in the middle of a torrential downpour. The bus station was chaotic with Police carrying assault rifles lounging against the walls and out front. I wasn’t sure exactly where in Tangier I had landed and deeply regretted having forgotten to load a map of the city when I was in … Continued
Shades of Green By Tom Larsen T. S. Eliot said: “The journey not the arrival matters.” Most of us, I think, would agree. I’ve certainly taken it to heart—backpacking through Europe in the Seventies, hitching from Fairbanks to Anchorage on the old Richardson Highway, flying in a small cargo plane over the … Continued
It is January 13, and I am standing very still. Steady but fragile wisps’ of snow dance mournfully around my feet; they must know that there’s no going back now and that they are to meet their resting place on what could easily be the greyest slab of concrete on earth….. At a whopping minus … Continued
I’m sorry I forgot to conform in France When my best friend and I were 10 years old, we used to plan out our futures. We wanted to be married by a certain age; I think it was 24 we chose. We wanted to have a house, a career, and start popping out babies before … Continued
Help! Already I was lost! And not even out of Madrid airport! I hadn’t even started to walk the Camino Frances, the medieval pilgrim trail, over 440 miles across Spain to Santiago de Compostela. No intrepid traveller, I’d worried intensely about travelling alone over 12,000 miles from home, whether I’d get lost on a foreign … Continued
Big Rocks and a Brave Heart By Nicole Dacanay I am not a brave person. I like comfort. I like warm tea and blankets and happy movies. But I also have a fierce desire for wanderlust in my soul. The need to travel and experience new things is something my husband and I both feel … Continued
Pedaling through Amsterdam Timothy Tang The last time I had ridden a bike, YouTube hadn’t existed and people were still using pagers. It had been so long, that I had forgotten what it even felt like to speed down a hill with no brakes on, or even the resulting … Continued
Gaelic Glory Days Mari S. Gold When my husband and I took off from Kennedy Airport in October, 2013, bound for Ireland, we had no idea it would be our last trip together. Our time in Dublin began at Trinity College where I was fascinated by the Book of Kells with its enchanting … Continued
Touring the Canadian Rockies has been on the back burner of my wish list since my Mother said many, many years ago that she’d like to visit her namesake- Lake Louise in Banff, Canada. I had a vague idea that it was a long way west of Minneapolis or she might have actually made the … Continued
Adventurer There came a point when the routine of my life began to annoy me. Don’t get me wrong. It was a lovely routine that involved the blessings of children, but with that came dishes and shopping carts and lots of time in a car. I understood the need and comfort of it all … Continued