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Travel stories
Pieces about actually going — what it cost, what I got wrong, and the small logistical things that turn out to be the whole trip. New ones land on Substack first.
- 01Naxos, GreeceJuly 20267 min
I almost booked Greece for three years
Twelve open tabs, four saved carts, and the summer I finally stopped researching and went.
Read the story - 02Marrakech, MoroccoMay 20268 min
Marrakech taught me to stop optimising
I arrived with a spreadsheet and left having learned that the good part is the part you cannot schedule.
Read the story - 03Seville & Cádiz, SpainFebruary 20266 min
Andalusia in November, and the math that makes it obvious
The same trip, six weeks later, for about a third less — with the heat and the crowds taken out.
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Years of pieces, plus the ones too personal for a homepage.
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