Travel, Country by Country
66 countries and 74 territories. Country-by-country field notes.
Europe
Netherlands: Canals, Conferences, Flower Fields, and a Country Built on Design
Amsterdam canals, the I amsterdam sign, Dutch flower fields, a Rotterdam sculpture with attitude, a vintage bar, and a 2025 return around the Amsterdam RAI.
Visited September 2018 and October 2025 · 6 min read
Germany: Precision, History, and the Occasional Cuckoo Clock
Munich, Heidelberg, Wiesbaden, and Frankfurt across MBA fieldwork and global work travel, where BMW engineering, medieval gate towers, and a giant cuckoo clock all share the same country.
Visited November 2024 · 8 min read
Hungary: Budapest, Where History Takes the Thermal Waters
Buda on the hills, Pest on the flats, the Danube in between. Castles, basilicas, Art Nouveau details, and a thermal bath culture that turns geology into civic life.
Visited May and June 2019 · 9 min read
Slovakia: Bratislava in 30 Hours, a Walkable Surprise Between Budapest and Austria
Thirty hours in Slovakia between Budapest and Austria turned a quick train stop into one of the easiest, most charming walking cities in Central Europe.
Visited June 2019 · 5 min read
Austria: A Trace of Vienna's Doorstep
A country entry from a single surviving location record: one Timeline pin in Schwechat, just outside Vienna.
Visited Circa 2019 · 2 min read
Estonia: Tallinn, Onion Domes, Red Roofs, and Medieval Walls
Onion domes on Toompea, red roofs over the Baltic, archery inside a medieval castle, and Bronze Age stone circles in the grass east of town.
Visited August 17, 2017 · 7 min read
Russia: Two Days in St. Petersburg
Imperial palaces, mosaic-covered churches, gravity-fed fountains, and Soviet-era subway art, two days in St. Petersburg from a Baltic Capitals cruise.
Visited August 2017 · 9 min read
Czech Republic: Prague, A City Written in Layers
My son Chase brought Prague back to life with fresh photos and video, joining my old Timeline pins and the six-century story of the astronomical clock.
Visited Circa 2013 · 4 min read
Iceland: Fire, Ice, and the Space Between
Two trips, two seasons, one country I could revisit over and over. Rift valleys, black sand, waterfalls, geothermal water, fermented shark, and the aurora.
8 min read
Sweden: By Train, Ferry, and Warship
Two trips, one country revealed through crossings. A train from Copenhagen to Helsingborg, a ferry to Helsingør, and a Baltic stop in Stockholm with the Vasa as its centerpiece.
7 min read
Monaco: Sophos Evolve, Engines, and the Côte d'Azur
Monaco is barely a country by landmass, but it has the confidence of a continent. Belle Époque casinos, a Formula 1 circuit through city streets, hypercars at the curb, and a helicopter ride over the Côte d'Azur.
5 min read
Portugal: Lisbon Hills, Harbors, and History
Lisbon does not introduce itself all at once. It reveals itself in grades and angles, a hilltop castle above red roofs, a tram curving down toward the river, a white arch opening into an immense square.
6 min read
Spain, Twice: Barcelona, Gaudí, Conferences, and a 3 A.M. Red Sox Problem
Two trips to Barcelona, one detour to a 12th-century monastery in Castilla, and a basilica that keeps quietly becoming itself.
8 min read
Croatia: Stone Walls, Blue Water, and the Adriatic After Dark
One ancient city lit at night, one Adriatic conference, and enough coastline to make any meeting agenda feel negotiable.
7 min read
United Kingdom: London, the City I Keep Returning To
A work city, a history lesson, a family memory, and one of the few places where the past and future seem to split a pint and agree to coexist.
8 min read
Ireland: Whiskey, Walls, Cliffs, and Castles
Part history lesson, part pub crawl, part coastal pilgrimage, and apparently part professional certification program in Irish whiskey tasting.
7 min read
Italy: Rome, Venice, Bologna, Sardinia, Capri, Positano, and Lake Maggiore
Ancient ruins, a floating city, cliffside towns, island geology, university porticoes, and northern lake country. Italy is not one trip.
12 min read
Belgium: Brussels, Grand Place, and the Heart of Europe
Brussels through an MBA lens: the Grand Place, Manneken Pis, waffles, fries, chocolate, and a city built for wandering.
5 min read
Finland: A Baltic Stopover Into Ice, Islands and Indoor Winter
Pine-lined shorelines, glacial archipelago views, and an indoor Lapland Winter World with ice bars, sled dogs, and a very Finnish sense of humor about winter.
5 min read
France: Paris Icons, Riviera Glamour, Disneyland Details, and Everything In Between
Eiffel Tower light, Arc de Triomphe stone, Gothic Paris, Disney detail, Cannes glamour, and the quieter France beyond the icons.
10 min read
Switzerland: Geneva, Montreux, and the Almost-Vertical Ride
Geneva polish, Lake Geneva scenery, Castle Chillon at Montreux, and a mountain lift that took Swiss engineering personally.
5 min read
Denmark: Copenhagen, Kronborg, and the Little Mermaid
Copenhagen in one visit: Nyhavn's painted waterfront, palaces and a dragon-tail spire, Tivoli after dark, the Little Mermaid at Langelinie, and Kronborg Castle guarding the Oresund.
8 min read