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.
Spain
A Few Days Around Madrid and Several Centuries of History
Madrid was the destination. Everything else just happened — windmills, a museum that ruins all other museums, medieval Toledo, a monastery built by a king who preferred austerity, and a Roman aqueduct that makes modern construction feel slightly embarrassing.
Spain
Across Andalusia: Palaces, Cathedrals, and White Villages
A road trip through Andalusia became a journey across entirely different worlds — Gibraltar’s cliffs, Córdoba’s endless arches, Ronda’s dramatic gorge, Granada’s dreamlike Alhambra, and Seville glowing late into the night. Days blurred into palaces, cathedrals, mountain roads, and far too many photographs beneath the southern Spanish sun.
Netherlands
Amsterdam Doesn't Warn You
Amsterdam doesn't announce itself. It waits for bicycles to nearly kill you, then slowly reveals 700-year-old courtyards, paintings that make grown adults forget to leave, and a city that hides entire worlds behind doors you almost didn't open.
United Kingdom
England Was Never Going to Fit Into Ten Days
I made a list. That was my first mistake. "Ten days in London" turned into castles, wartime bunkers, fairy tale villages, and a rental Mercedes racing through the English countryside in pursuit of a tour bus. England, it turns out, rewards ambition.
Canada
3 Days in Victoria, Canada — Britain's Outpost on the Pacific
It started with a magazine. Three hours later we had flights booked. Here is what three days in British Columbia's most British city actually looks like — seaplanes, totem poles, and tea at the Empress.
Arizona
Too Hot to Do Anything. Perfect Time for a Museum
It was 7 a.m. and already 95°F. The creosote bushes weren't moving. Neither was Alex. We went to a museum — and ended up twelve thousand years in the past. Inside the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache were waiting.
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
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.
Florida
Somewhere Neither of Us Has Been — St. Augustine, Florida
Florida, in my mind, meant beaches, theme parks, and strip malls. It did not mean what we found when we turned onto the old streets of St. Augustine. It felt like stepping out of our own time.