Even though we’ve been away from home for ten months, the internet keeps us tethered to our once and future lives. Back in Los Angeles, the community of our children’s school is the center of our family’s life. Westland School is a remarkable place and its progressive educational philosophy was one of the inspirations for […]
FOUR THOUSAND PHOTOS OF PRAGUE
If a picture is worth a thousand words, please enjoy these four million words about the great Czech capital wrapped up in a neat little four minute package.
FINALLY, ISRAEL IS REAL TO US
Israel is a revelation. Though we’d read about the country for years and formulated many opinions (“There must be a two state solution!”), we never truly understood the complexities and the nuances of the country until we stepped foot there. (As a side note, we are beyond impressed how Obama struck such a perfect tone […]
PERSPECTIVES ON CAUTION, FEAR AND JUDGEMENT ON THE ROAD
As we were strolling into the Fez medina at sunset the other night, strutting casually, feeling completely at home, we all laughed at a memory from six months ago. Way back in Buenos Aires in August (which seems almost like a different lifetime), we were warned that the train station is dangerous and don’t have […]
LISBON GALLERY
Though we tend to favor the moving image, sometimes stills tell the story even better. These are some of the treasures we discovered during our four days in Lisbon.Above is the Alfama section of the city in late afternoon light. In the gallery below you can click through to find the Alfama cable car, one […]
IN PRAISE OF FRIENDS OF FRIENDS
As we travel, many friends back home have sent us gifts. These gifts have come in the form of introductions to their friends in faraway places. These “friends of friends” we’ve met along the way have provided some of the richest experiences on our journey. In Barcelona, our friend Kate told us we had to […]
OUR CUB REPORTER: SEVILLE GARBAGE STRIKE
In an otherwise ridiuclously beautiful city, we arrived in Seville to find the Andalusian capital in the grips of a mounting garbage workers strike. We sent the youngest of our tribe to investigate the situation and, in doing so, we can all learn a thing or two about global economics through the prism of a […]
JEN REPORTS: TRAVELS WITH BUBS (A BIRTHDAY MESSAGE)
As I travel the globe, there is one thought I have most every place I go: “My mother would have loved this.” I felt it palpably last Saturday night as I sat in Lisbon and listened to the old men of the neighborhood sing Fado music. I felt it on the first leg of […]
THIS IS WHAT 10 LOOKS LIKE
Today we celebrate the first decade of Finn. Happy birthday to a remarkable kid — philosopher, writer, muse, pool shark, geography expert, the original Optimistic Eye, our travel companion and guide. He surely has more stamps in his passport than most ten years olds on the planet — and he even knows how especially lucky […]
FINN REPORTS: OUR (YOUNG) MAN IN INDIA
In Varanasi, we spent a day visiting the 18-year old son of our close friends. Willy Gansa has been living there since September, participating in the Bridge Year Program before he begins his freshman year at Princeton University next fall. We asked our own young cub reporter Finn Flackett-Levin to write about Willy and our […]