Weekend Roady

This past week I took a trip to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to take in a bit of the World Cup fever!

A WORLD CUP JOURNEY TO KALININGRAD I believe it was October of last year – Breeah and I had just finalized our Australia plans for the following March. My father and I had a conversation about the final qualifying matches for …

The Faroe Islands show a completely different slice of the many pies it is part of (Europe, Scandinavia, Denmark). A true hidden gem in the North Atlantic.

FAR OFF THE PATH IN THE FAROES As friends and followers may know about me, I often get obsessed about potential destinations based mostly (and sometimes solely) on geographical quirks. “Direction-most” places are obv…

A heckuva long hike in one of the U.S.'s most beautifully remote places...

21 MILES, ONE DAY, AND A BEAUTIFUL, RUGGED ISLAND Tormod is my crazy Norwegian friend. Maybe that’s just how I see him. Maybe it’s just because he’s as crazy as me. I wish I knew more crazy people like him, the kind that dream up…

Cuba, Finally...

CUBA: A BEAUTIFULLY COMPLICATED PLACE As a wide-eyed American youngster, I never really expected to experience the streets of Havana, the fumes of Matanzas and the pervasive propaganda of la Revolución. I was always strangely drawn to …

Eleuthera, Bahamas...what a place to get married in...

A LOVE STORY IN THE BAHAMAS I couldn’t have felt more calm. I didn’t expect it. But I’m so glad I feel this way. Those three short sentences epitomize my thoughts on the morning of January 31st, an unbelieva…