by Traveller | Sep 4, 2015 | North America, United States, Wisconsin
What do you do when you visit Chicago? Nope. I drive to Milwaukee. You see, my pursuit of seeing new places has reached a near-fever pitch. It draws the question: What are you looking for? A question I’ll pose to the nearest shrink or bartender at some point...
by Traveller | Jul 3, 2015 | Argentina, South America
If there’s one Spanish word that truly fits me, it’s Torpe. It translates to awkward, clumsy, or dull. For example, a couple of years back, I was in London on business. I arrived on a Tuesday and stayed in Mayfair, a posh, but quiet neighborhood...
by Traveller | Jun 29, 2015 | South America, Uruguay
So, after risking life and limb in Paraguay yesterday, I decided to take it a bit easier in Montevideo, the capital of neighboring Uruguay. After checking into the hotel, I asked for a suggestion about where to eat that was nearby and open now. The “open...
by Traveller | Jun 29, 2015 | Paraguay, South America
“Let me put it to you this way: Do you have any hobbies?” I asked. “Yes. I like singing and going to the gym. But at different times,” She said. “Makes sense. Doing them both at once would be challenging, I guess. Anyway, as for my hobby,...
by Traveller | Apr 22, 2015 | Australia, Oceania
[This is the first in a three-part series of posts about my most recent trip to Australia and Fiji. Here’s a link to the second one. And here’s a link to the third one.] I’m sitting on a Boeing 777-200 – essentially a huge metal tube –...