Lisbon & Sintra, PortugalOctober 2025
A Long Weekend in Lisbon
Four days of steep hills, yellow trams, custard tarts still warm from the oven, and one very foggy palace.
Cover photo: Lisbon rooftops in silhouette against a pink evening skyA travel journal by Your Name Here
Stories, photos and small discoveries from the road.
A running record of the places I have been, what I ate, where I got lost, and the moments I want to remember.
- 3 trips
- 3 countries
- 18 days away
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Astoria to Brookings, United StatesJune 2025
Road Trip Down the Oregon Coast
Six days, one rental car, and 360 miles of cliffs, sea stacks, tide pools and the best clam chowder of my life.
Cover photo: Sea stacks rising from the ocean under a pale morning sky
Kyoto & Nara, JapanNovember 2024
Kyoto in Autumn
A week of maple leaves, quiet temple gardens at seven in the morning, and learning to love standing in line for noodles.
Cover photo: A pagoda silhouetted against an orange autumn sky with falling maple leaves