Singapore arrives all at once. You step out of the airport into air that is warm and green and faintly

Prague is a city that keeps its past close. Spires rise over red rooftops, the river carries the light between

There is a particular kind of winter morning you only find in the Caribbean: warm water the color of sea

Dublin is a city you read before you see it. The streets carry the names of the writers who walked

There is a moment on the little footbridge over the lagoon in the Public Garden, with the swan boats drifting

There is a particular kind of morning that Costa Rica hands you. You wake before the heat, to birdsong you

There is a stretch of palm-lined waterfront in Santa Barbara where the red-tiled roofs climb the hills on one side

Deciding where to stay in Edinburgh shapes the whole trip more than almost any other choice you make, because in

Deciding where to stay in Seville shapes the whole trip more than almost any other choice you make, because in

Deciding where to stay in Vienna shapes the whole trip more than almost any other choice you make, because in

Deciding where to stay in Copenhagen shapes the whole trip more than almost any other choice you make, because in

Deciding where to stay in Florence shapes the whole trip more than almost any other choice you make, because in