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BackpackingApril 17, 2014July 15, 2014

An Instagram Tour of Chianti in 15 Photos

I recently had the pleasure of spending a week wandering through Tuscany. As part of the trip, the local tourism boards invited me on a three day blog trip in the Chianti hills focusing on the area…

BackpackingAugust 16, 2013

Fancy Danish Smorrebrod

It's delicious, it's distinctly Nordic, it's relatively healthy, and it's surprisingly more complicated than one would think. What is it? It's Danish Smørrebrød or "Smorrebrod". In the past I've written about local …

BackpackingJanuary 5, 2013July 22, 2013

The Polar Bear Adventure: Part 1

You know things are either off to a brilliant, or ill fated start when you learn that your charter flight which flew at the crack of dawn was the only Churchill bound flight that left the airport. As a bit of an obnoxi…

BackpackingDecember 20, 2012July 1, 2014

Real Danish Food: Nørrebro’s Little Smørrebrød Shop

Authentic Danish food is the Sasquatch of the Euro-Scandinavian culinary scene. There's Noma of course, as well as a small army of Michelin Star restaurants but talking about them as authentic outlets for Danish food …

BackpackingDecember 11, 2012December 14, 2012

Snow Covered Copenhagen

How do you take a picturesque city with beautifully colored buildings, elegant canals, and wide pedestrian streets and make it even more picture perfect? You add snow. At least, that seems to be the approach Copenha…

Friday Photo GallerySeptember 21, 2012January 2, 2013

The Dubai Spice Market – Friday’s Weekly Travel Photo

While Dubai is most famous for its skyscrapers, luxury resorts, and incredible malls there is another side to Dubai which is equally impressive and enjoyable. While most of what you picture as Dubai has been built in the last 20 years the city actually has a long and rich history. One of the mos…

BackpackingJuly 16, 2012July 1, 2012

Glorious Sunsets Combined With Delightful Fish, Fowl and Truffles

Following a wonderful walking tour of Orvieto we found ourselves checking into la Penisola country resort and restaurant. The resort is situated on a small peninsula along the shore of Lake Corbara in the heart of Umbr…

BackpackingJuly 2, 2012July 1, 2012

An Amazing Meal and Delightful Stroll in Baschi

During my time in Umbria I had the opportunity to enjoy a number of absolutely fantastic meals. The local tourism board wined me and dined me until I was bursting and could barely move. Needless to say it was a grea…

BackpackingJune 18, 2012June 13, 2012

10 Steps for Mastering the Art of Olive Oil Tasting

Wine tasting has become an integral part of travel and recreational culture. It is something most of us hunger to enjoy and which offers a complex set of fixed and casual rules and norms which can be more than a littl…

AsiaJune 4, 2012June 4, 2012

A Video Tour of Cappadocia’s Mesmerizing Rock Formations In The Snow

There are moments as a traveler when you find yourself running headlong into some of the world's most inconvenient or forbidding weather. While my trip to Turkey didn't leave me facing down a hurricane or braving a tor…