Traveling is more than an activity, it is a mindset, an understanding that you don't know very much. It puts you out there, beyond your comfort zone, in contact with the good the bad and the different that make up this crazy world. It is a bug that gets into your system and affects who you are, every day.

My own travel journeys are just beginning. In the fall of 2001 I made a solo two month backpacking trip to Italy, I left New York City two weeks after September 11th, not really speaking Italian and having never been in a foreign country (Ontario is in a different country not but not foreign.) It was an amazing experience, indescribable and irreplaceable.

The fall of 2002 brought a 7 week trip to Spain, Denmark and England.

2003 brought a return trip to Spain, with a slightly random week in Amsterdam.

2004 there was only a brief weekend in Paris, when I had perfect weather and a blissful time in the city of lights.

2005 is winding down without much besides an October trip to San Francisco, very nearly a foreign place. I have high hopes for 2006. After all, I live in New York City, and more than 100 airlines fly out of JFK.

I intend for this page to host the records of my travels and to have information about my destinations and traveling in general. It will be both a resource for me, and a site for other like-minded travelers.

The Albaicin barrio, seen from within La Alhambra. Granada, Espana.