Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne vs Sydney was apparently a big debate for Australians. I liked to think of the cities as two separate yet equally alluring “in their own way” destinations that carry the pride of urban Australia on their backs. Apparently Australians are more biased and polarizing in their opinions than I. Nevertheless, I arrived in Melbourne […]

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QT Hotel, Sydney, Australia

3 years since my last time in Sydney. Amazingly enough, last time I was flying solo desperately trying to secure business from the Australian government, and this time the Australian government was paying for my entire trip as a member of their data committee… I felt such a sense of pride arriving into the country, […]

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Starbucks, Ginza Six, Tokyo, Japan

Japan had remained closed to foreigners since the beginning of the pandemic, and I felt extremely fortunate to be able to travel on a business visa while international tourists were still locked out of the country. My last visit to Japan was 3 years prior, as a tourist, visiting my wife, who was on a […]

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InterContinental Toronto Centre, Toronto, ON Canada

Porter Airlines? Toronto City airport on a propeller plane from Boston? For a moment there I thought I was getting scammed. What was this airline I had never heard of before, flying into an airport I didn’t know existed, for the same price as all others to YYZ? A few Google searches told me this […]

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Barnstable Market, Barnstable (Cape Cod), MA USA

We rarely venture to The Cape. It’s a large, sprawling destination I personally know very little of, and perhaps this fact alone is what generally persuades me from going. That and the fact you need to book a place many months in advance, especially if you are going with a family. In January, we booked […]

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The Chedi, Andermatt, Swizterland

It was a breath of fresh air to leave the intoxicating heat of Zurich and head into the Swiss Alps, literally and figuratively. YES, I absolutely loved Zurich, but 95 degrees in a convertible while driving through urban congestion doesn’t exactly exude elation. Switzerland’s infrastructure has to be some of the best in the world, and the […]

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