Small observations, useful bits, questionable conclusions, and the things I wish someone had told me before I packed the wrong shoes.
These are the quick notes from the road: tips, tiny discoveries, favorite finds, odd details, and the occasional travel lesson learned the inconvenient way.
Melatonin Hangovers, Banshee Boats & Another Extremely Qualified Greek Host Dog This morning I woke up with one hell of a hangover. Not ouzo. Not raki. Melatonin. You…
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Satan’s Armpit, Mandatory Napping & My Unexpected Apology to Line Dancers Voula the Hotel Cat approved this message. Or at least she sat near me while I wrote…
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Lost Beaches, Wedding Songs & Greece’s Highly Qualified Feline Hospitality Staff Before coming to Greece, I was working on SpongeBob: The Musical. Stay with me. This is relevant.…
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Day 3.1: Crowds, Questionable Road Etiquette & the Gradual Unraveling of a Jet-Lagged Woman Anthony Bourdain once famously said “Be a traveler, not a tourist.” I have always…
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Church Bells, Breakfast Betrayal & the Pharmaceutical Pursuit of Sleep There are many beautiful ways to wake up in Greece. Sunlight filtering through the shutters. The distant murmur…
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There is a special kind of optimism involved in believing you can fly across several time zones, sleep for approximately eleven minutes, and then wake up ready to…
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It’s July, and you know what that means. Some families go to the lake. Some rent a cabin. Some spend a perfectly reasonable week at the beach. The…
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