French food…an enduring love affair

Dedicated to all my foodie friends. A.A. Gill stated, “the ingredients that French food comes from that astonishing obsession with the finest things could be grown…

Thirty-six hours in Lisbon…

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much and can accomplish much, and what is…

Sixteen-hour food feast in Lisbon…

“Fussing over food was important. It gave a shape to the day: breakfast, lunch, dinner; beginning, middle, end.” – Robert Hellenga, Philosophy Made Simple. Breakfast “There…

The road trip…avoiding diversions onto the highway to hell.

“The concept of time, as it’s commonly understood by normal people with normal jobs and normal goddamn lives, doesn’t exist on the road. The nights spread…

Creating a new reality

I’m currently retracing one of my father’s journeys, devouring ancient wisdom videos and books based on personal growth and metaphysics. I’m sure that like the Camino…

Camino Francés – Walking in Galicia – Part 2/2

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The…

Camino Francés – Walking in Galicia – Part 1/2

“If you chase anything in life, chase the things that get you excited about living. Chase the things that give you hope, happiness and a glimpse…

Camino Francés – back in the Mountains

“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic — the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the…

Camino Francés – The Meseta– Part 3/3

“The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from…

Camino Francés – The Meseta– Part 2/3

“If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a track that has always been there waiting for you. And the life you should be living…