View over the roofs of Paris

A Christmas in Paris

The goal was not to spend Christmas in Paris; but we get two weeks off work around winter holidays and, this year, the goal was to use the time to travel to Europe. Paris was just the first city on the list: it’s so easy to get...

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An Ode to Scotland

Here is another set of lines from my journal written during the trip to Scotland this June. I encourage myself to do a bit of free flowing writing that would record some of the things I am experiencing, often as a simple list...

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Paris 2018

Two Days in Paris

I found this short passage in my journal from last year. I wrote it while on a high-speed train to Geneva. It reminded me why writing things down is important, whether it is on paper or on this blog. Experiences matter, but we...

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Ten Days in California

Ten Days in California: Favourite Moments

My brother has been living in San Francisco for nearly four years now, which gave me a reason and an opportunity to visit California frequently. Traveling from one major North American City to another might not initially appeal...

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