Jubilados (Spanish for retirees) savouring the journey
Chosen carefully, planned well and travelled independently
Stories of global travel adventures from Gloria and Kerry, a.k.a. Spice and Magellan
Disloyal Subjects
“Flush it out of the park.”
Harsh words in my diary written…
Harsh words in my diary written…
The Easter Bread Architecture of Community
One of the most spectacular festivals in Sicily, the Archi di…
One Bar
Look at this, Magellan says more frequently during COVID, calling…
O-sa-KA!
O-sa-KA! O(h) we’d like to return. A realization we came to…
Would you like it?
The stave church of Borgund is a paradox. Tarred all-black, dark…
An Invitation to Roman Splendour
Imagine receiving this invitation. An extravagance of otium…
Gold at Nugget Point
Yellow-eyed penguins, the rarest penguins (and most attractive…
On a Mission at Montserrat
For thousands of years the serrated peaks of Montserrat have…
“Did you see any Mafia in Sicily?”
“Did you see any mafia?” people asked when we returned from…
Beware of Bøyg: the Norwegian Troll who Hinders Travellers
Once upon a time long ago when the land was owned by the king,…
The Pebble: A Love Story
Is there somebody you know who has been characterized in a love…
Rennell Sound Wilderness Adventure
Conehead, Rove-Inn’s most remote (and perhaps most memorable)…
The Leopard
It was almost a decade ago our book club started so I don't recall…
It Hertz
Boy! Was I ever shocked when I went to pick up my Hertz rental…
Fjaerland
“How do you hear about these places?” a friend often asks.
Like…
Like…
“A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”
Last days of November, rain
string and almost solid,
incessantly…
string and almost solid,
incessantly…
Aaaaaargh!
COVID-19, fractious democracies, a disinformation crisis, no…
Capela dos Ossos
“Where are you going in such a hurry traveler?”
Good question.
But…
Good question.
But…
Stavanger Street Art
Vancouver, alas, subscribes to what I call “Hello Kitty”…
Grasslands National Park: Geography of Hope
Nowhere else have we travelled where the sky so big, the light…
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrored Room—Hymn of Life
I was kicking myself.
Three years ago in Seattle there was…
Three years ago in Seattle there was…
The Atlantic Road: Angles of Beauty
The Atlantic Road. Or as they say in Norway, Atlanterhavsveien.…
Death Valley: Harry Wade Road to the Superbloom at Saratoga Springs
We’ve never been to Saratoga Springs in upstate New York. Didn’t…
Turning 70, the Day
Circa Diem.
Let's start with the translation of the Norwegian…
Let's start with the translation of the Norwegian…
Artist’s Drive/Artist’s Palette in Death Valley
Climbing above Badwater Road, Artist’s Drive displays a spectacular…
Death Valley: Titus Canyon Road
On a March afternoon outside Furnace Creek Visitor Center, Magellan…
River Road Off-Road Trail
Magellan was keen for the thrill of wheeling Rove-Inn through…
Highway to “Paris of the North”
The world’s northernmost city. Latitude 69.6492° N. 400 kilometres…
The Road to Farm Culture Park in Favara, Sicily
Sicily and modern art: seems like an oxymoron doesn’t it? Magellan…
“Nature first, architecture second”
“Nature first, architecture second.” The words of a Canadian,…