Eric Barna 7/3/17 Eric Barna 7/3/17

Sicilia

When a friend turns 40 in Sicily, you go. Business class routing tips, where we stayed, and the island's food and towns from our summer 2017 trip.

Eric Barna 1/10/17 Eric Barna 1/10/17

Cape Town

Cape Town at first glance feels like a dream. Founded in 1652, the Mother City delivered on food, views, and coastline during our 2017 visit.

Eric Barna 1/5/17 Eric Barna 1/5/17

Driving the Garden Route from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town: diverse coastline, stops worth making, and notes from South Africa's southeast coast.

Eric Barna 12/30/16 Eric Barna 12/30/16

Kruger, one of Africa's largest game reserves and South Africa's first national park: our safari days, sightings, and practical notes from 2016.

Eric Barna 12/30/16 Eric Barna 12/30/16

A minimally touristy Paris layover mapped by a local friend: RER B to Luxembourg, gardens, food, and 16 well spent hours between flights.

Eric Barna 7/4/16 Eric Barna 7/4/16

Santorini resets your sense of scale: a volcanic island of 28 square miles, caldera views, and the meals and towns from our 2016 Greek summer.

Eric Barna 6/29/16 Eric Barna 6/29/16

Paros and Antiparos offer a quieter Cyclades: slower beaches, calmer towns, and a welcome reset between the louder islands of our 2016 trip.

Eric Barna 6/24/16 Eric Barna 6/24/16

Off the jetway into Mykonos wind: beaches, the hotel that anchored our stay, and honest notes from the first stop of our 2016 Greek islands trip.

Eric Barna 5/1/16 Eric Barna 5/1/16

The short post that started it all: a 2016 pledge to explore the world together, and the origin of everything now in the Earlier Years archive.