Beloved Barcelona:
One Thousand Small Pleasures

The way he leaned in to kiss her, forceful yet playful, determined, and not bound by protocol, quickly but with a sense of classic restraint summed up within a flash of a minute the heartbeat of Barcelona. The couple playfully sat in the sand of Playa de la Barceloneta, one of nine city beaches that […]

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Cruising the Baltic Sea:
On the Trail of Traders

For more than six centuries, valiant entrepreneurs have crossed the volatile waters of the Baltic Sea in search of resources and opportunity.  Led by the merchant guilds of Northern Germany who founded the Hanseatic League, they turned the cold, churning, brackish (salt and fresh) waters into common ground for wealth building. Traversing the Baltic today […]

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A Weekend in Panama

by Case Lane Spending a weekend in Panama City, Panama is an easygoing and delightful surprise. The capital of Panama is the literal bridge between two continents, a functional crossroads of the world. From your arrival, the small city punches weigh above its weight.  With a glittering glass and steel skyline that makes the city […]

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Remembering Guadalajara:
A former foreign student returns
to walk around Mexico’s second city

The Broken Sidewalks Memories come flooding back the minute my feet begin moving along the broken sidewalks of Guadalajara, Mexico.  Even in the city’s more exclusive colonias (neighborhoods), the concrete splits and crumbles, protruding up from the earth like tiny mountainous obstacles. The uneven walkway is as disruptive as the city itself.  Brilliantly lit up […]

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