5 Lessons to Learn and Some Fun Facts — Did you know that penguins migrate? Well, they do, some of them up to 17,000 km (around 10,000 miles) all on foot and by sea. Tiny little hummingbirds migrate from the United States to Mexico and Central America on their tiny little wings. Birds, quite possibly are the most well…

The Asequia System Provides Life to the Mountians of Southern Spain This morning I got up early to meet my friends in town for a walk along the asequia above our village. As we chatted about our lives, the water flowed alongside, an almost constant presence, the fifth member of…

Use your friends and family as your models and everyone will be happy! — I always love seeing posts comparing “When I take a picture of my partner vs. when he takes a picture of me”. Usually the first photo makes the person look interesting, handsome, fun or introspective, while the second one is funny, but in a foolish, not beautiful, or just downright…

Rage and Friendship flared up while the party went on This week there was a festival in my village. It went on for six straight days, music all night long and then after an hour break at 7 am, the brass band started up. I felt incredibly lucky, my house…

Paradise is like air, it is all around us if we just remember to breathe. — I woke up this morning when it began to get light as I always do. I usually sleep outside in the summer, it is cooler and I can see the stars as I fall asleep. Last night I even managed to keep my eyes open long enough to see a…

Some of the most generous people in the world leave their art outside for all to see — I love art and I hate museums. It took me a long time to come to this realization because as a traveler, I am supposed to love museums. What is a trip to Paris without visiting the Louvre? How can you possibly say you have been to Madrid without having…

Just Another Day in Tokyo — Piercing the sky at a whopping 2080 feet (634 meters) high, Tokyo Skytree is the tallest tower in the world. Insanity comes in many different forms but surely one of them is building such a thing in a country renowned for earthquakes and typhoons. …

I have not set down roots so deep and wide that to pull them up would be to destroy myself, but I have wandered the world far and away, only coming back to my origins for sweet fudge and sparkling Christmas trees. I have not tasted the same food so…

Submerged in the Name of Light — Much as Atlantis lies beneath the water, so does Hassankeyf, but unlike Atlantis, we know exactly where it is, because it was submerged in 2020, on purpose. Not long ago, it was one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. …