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Segovia, Spain
Segovia lies just north of Spain’s capital city Madrid, a short thirty-minute train ride into the Spanish countryside. Tourists (like us) regularly select Segovia as a day-trip from Madrid not only due to its convenience, but also because it boasts three particularly spectacular sights: the Alcazar of Segovia, the Catedral of Segovia, and the Roman Aqueduct.
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Vancouver, Canada
The thick stone wall encircling the perimeter of the park and protecting the land from sea erosion is the aptly-named Seawall, which is now a 19-mile bike-and-pedestrian pathway.
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Squamish, British Columbia
Squamish sits at the northern end of the Sea to Sky Highway, the north-south stretch of road connecting all of British Columbia, from Vancouver to Lillooet. Isn’t Sea to Sky a beautiful name for an expressway?
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Seattle, Washington
During our drive north, we kept pointing out things that were “so Pacific Northwest”: the smell of the air, a fresh, wooded, rainy fragrance, like an old cedar chest or a morning rainfall; the greyish-blue cloud coverage with just a hint of rain in the atmosphere; the pine trees and evergreen trees thick with spiny needles; the signs warning us of moose crossings and bear crossings; the increasing number of Tim Horton’s restaurants; and the coastal views flanked by snow-capped mountains.
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New York City (& Yerma Review)
The plan to travel to New York started with a singular thought: Billie Piper. For those who don’t know, Billie Piper played Rose Tyler in my favorite seasons of Doctor Who, alongside Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. She is a brilliant British actress who is altogether girlish, ultra-sexy, compassionate, and charming. I have adored her since the day I first met her as Rose. In the past year, her talents have moved from screen to stage, as she starred in an adaptation of Frederico Garcia Lorca’s Yerma, a play about a thirty-something woman whose infertility catapults her into a spiral of despair. Since the day Billie Piper started playing this role, she has gained…
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New York City
How do I introduce a city like New York? With a cliché about bright lights, tall buildings, subway rats? With a story about a little girl who always dreamed of stardom on the Broadway stage? With a quote from 42nd Street, Home Alone, or “Welcome to New York”? I think I’ll just preface this post by telling you about our individual relationships to New York City: my husband Matt is city-slicker wannabee, but I am the outdoorsy nature girl that prefers blue skies to skyscrapers and mountains to metro stops. Nevertheless, I have loved New York since I was little, and have very fond memories of trips there with my parents and…
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
Traveling is duplicative. The more you do it, the more you want to do it.
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Queenstown to Christchurch, New Zealand
We woke up on our last day in New Zealand with mixed feelings. The day before us stretched out like rays of sunshine greeting our faces, long and promising. As we grabbed a quick breakfast at a local Ranfurly cafe and packed the car, we kept asking each other, “will you miss it?” Yes. We will miss it. The feeling of stepping back in time to another world when we took our first walk down to the beach of Cathedral Cove. The feeling of my mind going blank and emotions bubbling to the surface as I saw the glowworms light up the Waitomo cave. The feeling of warming our tired…
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Queenstown and Glenorchy, New Zealand
Our horseback ride took us out into “high country,” along the banks of the beautiful blue Rees River, to the base of the mountains, and into green, purple, pink, and white fields of lupins so high they touched my calves.
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Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
The glacier is constantly moving, so each day, the Glacier Guides have to carve, pick, and navigate new paths through the terrain.
