IRELAND / ARAN ISLANDS

AS A DAY TRIPPER TO THE ARAN ISLAND OF INIS MOR (Inishmore) on a bright and sunny day in September, it’s easy to see all that is right and good in a place. And that’s the gratification of travel to beautiful and exotic places like the rocky west coast of Ireland. Heading directly to Galway…

UNITED KINGDOM / GIBRALTAR

That was Spain. This is Gibraltar. DRIVE ACROSS THE BORDER FROM SPAIN TO GIBRALTAR and in a matter of minutes you’re at the foot of the world’s most famous rock. Up close, it takes a minute or two to visually scale and take in its sheer height and mass. And you are far from Spain. After…

CHILE / VALPARAISO

Exploring the color-filled city on the bay IF I SAY THAT VALPARAISO IS TO CHILE AS AUSTIN IS TO TEXAS, I mean to compliment both. Of course, I would have to layer in some New Orleans and some San Francisco to get the right mix, and yet that would not describe any of them justly….