Every Road Has a Story
Road trips, detours, and the places that stayed with us. We write about where we went, what we found, and what it felt like to be there — from California back roads to medieval Spanish cities.
Italy
Venice: A Mosaic That Keeps Shifting
Small round tables scatter across the square like wildflowers. The air hums with half-familiar melodies from another century. I wrap both hands around my hot chocolate — it smells of mint, warm and faintly sweet — and I still can't quite believe I'm back in Venice.
Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina
A Road Trip Along the Adriatic — Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy
Ljubljana greeted us with a thunderstorm. The plan was Montenegro — a few days by the sea, some old towns, some good wine. But routes expand. This one refused to stay small.
Israel
The Road North: Galilee, Masada, Caesarea, Acre, Jaffa, and the End of the World
Leaving Jerusalem is hard. You keep thinking of things you didn't do. Then the road north opens up — Galilee, Masada, Jaffa, Armageddon — and Israel gives you an entirely different kind of overwhelming.
Israel
Knock and It Shall Be Opened: Jerusalem's Old City and the West Bank
We knocked on every door. Every iron gate, every arched wooden door half-hidden in the stone. And the strangest thing happened, again and again — they opened.
Netherlands
Eleven Days Below Sea Level
Eleven days, one small car, and a country that sits below the sea. Windmills, war graves, a star-shaped fort, and a Michelangelo I chased into the wrong country.