📍 Adelaide, Australia
Adelaide, Australia: The City That Turned Out to Be Wine Country's Best-Kept Secret
Adelaide kept getting described to me, before I actually went, in almost apologetic terms "quieter than Sydney…
📍 St Andrews, Scotland
St Andrews, Scotland: The Small Coastal Town That Invented a Global Sport
I don't play golf, and I went into St Andrews slightly worried that would make the whole visit fall flat, give…
📍 Inverness, Scotland
Inverness, Scotland: The Highland Capital That's Bigger Than One Famous Loch
I'll admit the only reason Inverness made it onto my Scotland itinerary at all was Loch Ness, and I went in as…
📍 Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow, Scotland: The City Edinburgh's Shadow Can't Quite Cover
Every conversation I had before this trip followed the same pattern: mention Scotland, get Edinburgh recommend…
📍 Liège, Belgium
Liège, Belgium: The Rebellious City That Refuses to Be Postcard-Pretty
Liège was the one city on my Belgium trip that a few people actively warned me against, describing it as gritt…
📍 Leuven, Belgium
Leuven, Belgium: The University Town That Out-Beers Even Bruges
By the time I reached Leuven, I'd already spent close to two weeks working through Belgium's more famous citie…
📍 Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp, Belgium: Where Diamonds, Fashion, and Rubens Share the Same Few Streets
I went to Antwerp expecting a fairly standard stop on a Belgium itinerary, something to fit between Brussels a…
📍 Bruges, Belgium
Bruges, Belgium: The Fairy-Tale City That Somehow Lives Up to Its Own Hype
I went to Bruges fully braced for disappointment. Every description I'd read leaned so heavily on words like "…
📍 Brussels, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium: The Capital Everyone Passes Through and Almost No One Actually Explores
I'd flown through Brussels Airport twice on layovers before I ever actually gave the city itself a proper visi…