Milano 2024
Milano as a pitstop en route to Zermatt: where we shopped, what we ate, and why the city earns a stopover even if the cultural sights take a back seat.
Zermatt 2024
Getting to Zermatt via Milan instead of Zurich saved us real money. The trains, the hotels, and where we ate on our winter return to the Matterhorn.
Italy 2023: Rome, Puglia, Capri
Rome, Puglia, and Capri in one summer: Skymiles bookings amid the White Lotus surge, a villa in the Salve region, ferries to Capri, and where we ate.
Aruba 2021
Our first trip after vaccination: why Aruba made sense post-pandemic, where we stayed, and what it felt like to travel again after a year of unknowns.
Zermatt 2019/20
New Year's in Zermatt: the Zurich to Visp train connection, a six minute change, and our first look at the Matterhorn for the 2019/20 holidays.
Zurich 2019/20
Zurich for the 2019/20 holidays: booking Z-class business fares far in advance, where we stayed, and how we spent our days before heading to the Alps.
Florence 2019
Florence in under an hour from Bologna by high speed train: why we chose the Kraft Hotel, plus the meals and sights that filled our 2019 visit.
Bologna / Modena 2019
A chance reservation at Osteria Francescana rerouted our Tuscany plans to Bologna and Modena. The meal, the cities, and whether the detour was worth it.
Liguria 2019
Northwestern Italy's coast: quiet towns, hillside views, and good eating. How we got from Nice to Genoa and what we found along the Ligurian coast.
El Nido, Philippines 2019
Air Swift from Boracay to El Nido in 40 minutes, plus baggage fee warnings, island lagoons, and where we stayed in Palawan's most beautiful corner.
Boracay, Philippines 2019
Cebu Pacific from Hong Kong through Manila to Boracay: connection tips, where we stayed, and the beaches that made the long haul worth it.
Hong Kong 2019
Vietnam Airlines into Hong Kong with SkyTeam perks, then the city itself: what we ate, where we stayed, and how we spent our days in 2019.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi by way of Cebu Pacific from Manila: street food, the Old Quarter, and honest notes on what worked and what didn't in Vietnam's capital.
Manila, Philippines 2018/19
Manila as the gateway to our Southeast Asia trip: booking business class far ahead, where we stayed, and how we spent a short city stop.
Up the Adriatic Coasting
Pescara and Montesilvano by train from Termoli: beach towns on Italy's Adriatic coast, where we stayed, and what we found heading north in 2018.
Cinque Terre
Nice to the Cinque Terre by train: booking straight through to Italy, village by village along the coast, and where we ate on the Italian Riviera.
Côte d'Azur
Alitalia to Rome with a connection to Marseille: how we routed to the Cote d'Azur in 2018, plus the towns, beaches, and tables that filled the trip.
