Nevada, USA, May 2018
Postcard from Chicago
It wasn’t until right before I stepped on the airplane to Chicago that I realized it would have been smart to book an extra night there. Chicago is known as the birthplace of the skyscraper and has fantastic architecture. Architects such as Daniel Burnham, Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe have left […]
A Day in Funchal
On our last full day on the island of Madeira we took the cable car down from where we were staying Monte and spent the day roaming the streets of the capital, Funchal. Our first stop was the famous Mercado dos Lavradores (Farmer’s Market) which is in every guide book. While it was interesting to […]
A Burst of Spring
Spring: that time of the year when the cycle begins again. When bulbs push up their leaves and boast colorful flowers, when meadows seem to go from brown to green within days, when trees are covered with clouds of white and pink blossoms. This year, spring came late but then let everything happen at once. […]