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Driving Iceland Alone: Ten Days on the Ring Road

People kept asking if I was nervous doing it solo. Honestly, being alone is half the reason it worked. No compromises on where to stop, how long to stay, or when to pull over because something looked interesting from the road. The Westfjords — the part nobody talks about Everyone does the Golden Circle and…

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Cinque Terre in November: Zero Regrets

Everyone tells you to go in summer. I went in November and I’m here to tell you they’re wrong. The numbers Apartment in Vernazza in November: €55 a night. Same apartment in July: €180. Crowd on the Monterosso-to-Vernazza trail on a Tuesday morning: six people. In summer that same trail is a slow-moving queue of…

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Marrakech Broke My Brain (In the Best Way)

I had two days in Marrakech before a connecting flight. I booked a cheap riad, figured I’d see the square and the souks and that’d be that. I nearly missed my flight home because I couldn’t make myself leave. The medina doesn’t make sense and that’s the point You will get lost. Your phone’s GPS…