“Why did you like the Fitz Roy hike so much?” I asked Magellan before writing this post. “The young mountains spectacularly framed by the blue
Stretching for blocks closed to traffic in the centre of town, the end nowhere in sight. A swath of colour, brightly dressed Zapotec and mestiza
Cynara cardunculus, carduus, kaktos, carchofas, arḍī shawkī, al-kharshūfa, ḥarshafa, alcarchofa, carciofo, articiocco, artichaud, hartichoak—Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Italian: so many ancient names for artichokes, going back
n “And we should call it Latitude 65,” Magellan said five years ago when he floated the idea of a blog about our travels, the
“I always decide,” I said. “Where would you like to go?” “Back to Spain,” said Magellan. A few weeks later he announced, “I’ve been emailing
Vancouver this spring was flowered with rhododendrons. I know, rhododendrons are such show-offs, covering and smothering themselves with flowers like a woman wearing pearls and
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