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Travel stories
Between two trains
Station hours, night buses and the hours between connections — the parts of travel nobody photographs.
Platform notes
Greece by Ferry: Athens, Crete and Rhodes in a WeekA week in Greece built around the ferries rather than flights: two days in Athens, the overnight boat to Crete, then Rhodes and a crossing nobody schedules.
Two Quiet Corners of Paris Most Guides SkipTwo overlooked corners of Paris for one afternoon: a Roman arena behind a door on Rue Monge and the alpine beds of the botanical garden on the river.
Rome in Two Days: A Route You Can Actually WalkTwo days in Rome planned as a single walkable ring: the Colosseum and Forum first, the Vatican on day two, and an honest list of what to skip entirely.
Ten Reasons I Buy Travel Insurance Every TripTen travel insurance clauses worth reading before the price, how to compare two quotes against each other, and the two covers I would never drop from a policy.
Fresh dispatches
Locked In at Pere Lachaise: An Hour Past ClosingA January evening in Pere Lachaise, a grave found by following candlelight, and the locked gate that turned two free hours into a story worth telling.
Paris to Cape Town: How the Overland Trip StartedHow a sixteen month, thirty thousand mile overland trip from Paris to Cape Town actually started, with no phone, no online maps and one paper folder of tickets.