I studied in Madrid in college, and I always considered it to be the more staid, older sibling to the younger, artsy Barcelona. When I traveled Europe after business school, I got to know Barcelona a little better – it was a mature city in its own right, with no need for my sibling comparison. […]
Day: 28 December 2016
Travel to: Prague
Ah, Prague. Lots of Americans visit for the cheap beer and beautiful architecture, but this city has special meaning for me. It was high on my list for as long as I can remember. I knew that I’d enjoy walking the city, reading about its history, making friends with the locals, and finding out about […]
Travel to: Vienna
On one of my many trips to London for work, I tacked on a week to visit some classic European cities that had been on my list for a long time. Vienna was an easy flight from London, and its architecture is stunning. I wasn’t very prepared for this trip – I landed in the […]
Travel to: Thailand
Thailand was an unexpected trip for me. It was somewhere on my bucket list, but admittedly there were plenty of other places I had intended to see before this one. But – as it happens – a good friend of mine from business school was planning a milestone birthday celebration in Phuket, and despite the […]
Travel to: London
I fell in love with London the first time when we visited as a family in the summer of 1989. I didn’t know then the role it would play in my life as adult, but I was already smitten with the city. My next trip to Britain wouldn’t be until the winter of 2001, with […]