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Belgium in One Day: How Much Fits into 40,445 Steps?
Belgium in One Day: Five Cities, Three Waffles, and One Very Long Free DayIt was a morning in Luxembourg in late December 2025, and it was seriously cold outside. For breakfast, as I almost always do when I eat at a hotel, I ordered Eggs Benedict and then went back to my room.In front of the large window stood a modern sofa with organic curves, pos
The Trip to Bulgaria I Found on an Old Camera
Lost photographs from a 2007 trip to Bulgaria bring back Plovdiv, Bachkovo, a global conference and a suitcase misrouted to Tirana.In 2026, while looking for photographs for a completely different blog, I found an old compact camera. I had assumed that whatever remained on it had disappeared from my life years ago, yet its memory card still contain
One Night in Luxembourg: Smaller Than Expected, Easier Than It Looks
A cheap flight from Nice, a newly reopened Marriott, free public transport and a freezing first encounter with Europe’s most understated capital Some journeys begin with one destination. This one began with a sequence. My New Year trip had started in Nice and would continue through Luxembourg, Brussels, Bordeaux and Paris. New Year’s Eve itself w