travel – Transient Local

Heaven is a Train From Hell

In a shocking twist, my fellow passengers saved the day.

A very belated tribute to the neighbo(u)rhood(s) that launched me into London.

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.

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

Affordable housing issues aside, there’s also a kind of unpredictability inherent to staying in many Airbnbs that I find annoying

I still commit one of the greatest climate-affecting sins: I fly.

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.

There are lots of ways to take advantage of your resident expatriate status during the TAPIF