Most of my long trips begin with a red-eye out of Montreal, and a fair number of those red-eyes put me down at Schiphol with hours to spend before the next leg. …
Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, at the base of the CN Tower in Toronto, is a lot of fun, and the Dangerous Lagoon is the best of it. It is the aquarium’s largest …
I am usually disappointed by airport food, and by airport coffee even more. So Café Flor, on Schiphol’s D pier, was a surprise. We stopped there in May while we waited to …
Hola, explorers! On one of my sunny walks through Barcelona, I stumbled upon something that genuinely stopped me in my tracks – a soaring, light-filled architectural gem tucked away between palm trees …
Hola, dessert lovers! On a sunny Barcelona afternoon, I slipped into the Mandarin Oriental on Passeig de Gràcia, one of the city’s most glamorous boulevards. Behind its discreet façade and chic entrance …
Hola, my festive travelers! There’s something truly special about Barcelona in December, a season when the city sparkles under a canopy of lights, nativity scenes fill Gothic courtyards, and roasted chestnuts scent …
Hola, travelers! After exploring the basilica and standing before the Black Madonna, something in me wasn’t quite done with Montserrat. The mountains were still calling, gently but insistently. Montserrat isn’t just a …
Hola, my loves! ✨ Few rooftops in Barcelona make you stop, breathe, and just feel the moment – and the rooftop at the Majestic Hotel absolutely does. I stayed at the Majestic …
Montserrat is a mountain that feels ancient the moment you arrive – serrated peaks rising like stone cathedrals, layers of mist curling around cliffs, and a silence that settles into your skin. …
Hola, travelers! There are places that take your breath away the moment you arrive – and then there are places like Montserrat, where you don’t just lose your breath… you lose your …
Tucked inside the elegant Reial Cercle Artístic de Barcelona (Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona), adjacent to the Font de Santa Anna and just steps from Barcelona Cathedral, El Cercle feels like a …
Hola, book lovers and wanderers! 📚 Few cities blend symbolism, architecture, mystery, and Mediterranean magic quite like Barcelona. Dan Brown understood this instinctively. In his bestselling novel Origin, Barcelona becomes far more …
Hola, food lovers! On a warm and sunny Barcelona afternoon, the kind where Passeig de Gràcia sparkles and the whole city feels alive, I wandered into one of my favorite culinary spaces: …
Hola, wanderers! Barcelona dazzles with color and creativity, yet tucked within its Gothic heart lies a quieter story. On one golden afternoon, I found myself wandering through El Call, the city’s ancient …
Hola, my friends! Barcelona shines brightest from above. The sun reflects off rooftops, the hum of Passeig de Gràcia fades into a low murmur, and the city stretches toward the sea in …
