exploring – Transient Local

Pros and Cons of Traveling Alone

I travel alone a lot, and love it. But there are plusses and minuses to solo travel.

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.

A few TAPIF tips to help you take care of business and make the most of this fleeting opportunity

The heart and essence of France is not Paris, it’s the cultivated countryside.

Highlights from one week in Malta

A relatively sporty day hike without too much transportation hassle

Hundreds of covered alleyways called traboules burrow through Lyon’s older neighborhoods and harbor relics from across the centuries.