28th June 2018 / Canada, Destinations, North America / 2 comments

  Montreal and Toronto, the two largest cities in Canada, have had a friendly rivalry for as long as I can remember. Since I was born in Montreal (and grew up nearby) but spent most […]

14th June 2018 / Solo travel, Stories / 1 comment

I was waiting on platform #7 at Lecce’s train station when the train to Martina Franca pulled in. I had to blink a couple of times and make sure I was on platform 7 and […]

30th May 2018 / Destinations, Europe, Italy / 7 comments

Matera is a city unlike any you’ve ever seen. It is considered the third longest continually-inhabited settlement in the world (after Aleppo in Syria and Jericho in Palestine). People lived in caves here during the […]

1st May 2018 / Destinations, Europe, Italy / 2 comments

It’s a bright and unusually warm Saturday morning in April when I meet up with my tour group on Piazza Farnese in the centre of Rome. For the next three and a half hours, our […]

10th April 2018 / Interviews, Solo travel / 3 comments

After spending 25 days in Taiwan, I found myself with more questions than answers. Since I didn’t speak the language, I couldn’t just ask locals I met in passing. My knowledge of the country felt […]

21st March 2018 / Plan, Planning tips / 20 comments

(Updated April 2019) Not all solo travellers travel alone by choice. I’ve talked to enough people and received enough emails by now to realize that although a lot of people make the decision to travel […]

7th March 2018 / Asia, Destinations, Taiwan / 3 comments

If you know of only one reason to visit Taiwan, it’s probably the food scene. Food in Taiwan is a national obsession. There are eateries on pretty much every block, and the Taiwanese always seem […]