Our Georgian guide described the parts of the trail under the trees where we rest as shadow instead of shade. Let’s fine some shadow to stop for lunch.

When traveling in Europe, it is easy to find people who speak English. In Germany it is very easy. In Georgia much less so. Shopkeepers identify your nationality, and therefore your language, by

In Munich, along the Marienplatz, are swarms of future brides and their friends. They have matching t-shirts and look like a street team. But instead of giving out free samples, they sell shots

As I’m heading off for another adventure, I’m wearing a shirt from a past adventure. I had conversations about it with my Uber driver, the cashier at the airport snack shop

A tree whose giant leaves float gently in the wind. A great blue heron soaring overhead. An alligator sunning itself in the grass. A canyon carved by ice and water hundreds of thousands