explore – Transient Local

Day Hike: Tournon-sur-Rhône Loop

A lovely walk in Ardèche

I have some advice for those who balk at the idea of cutting loose and voyaging to foreign lands with nothing but a backpack for company.

A walk in the Massif d’Esterel

Lyon is my favorite French city by far, and seriously underrated.

Five of my favorite travel moments from 2015

The experience was humbling, to say the least.

The Languedoc-Roussillon/Midi-Pyrénées region is a land of abandoned hilltop castles, distant snowy mountains, and glittery blue coasts

Walking from Marseille to Cassis through the Calanques National Park

The Lacs de la Pra are a smattering of tiny lakes in the Belledonne mountain range, a western section of the Alps. And what a section.

Like many who fly into Split or pick up one of the cross-country buses there, I might never have seen it in daylight if I hadn’t slowed down.