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Author: Old Sean

December 13, 2024 / Asia

Visiting Manila: All is Bright

“There is no better friend or balm than a stranger who restores a moment of…

December 12, 2024 / Asia

Visiting Tokyo: The Moon and the Lights

“Give me the peace of silence, the moments of solitude so I might share that…

October 24, 2024 / Europe

Visiting Paris: Faith Finder

“Over the past couple of decades, Paris has taken some reputational hits where tourists and…

October 20, 2024 / Causses du Quercy

Visiting Causses du Quercy: The Elden Arts

“Time, in the historical sense, is such a boggling concept. Prehistoric artworks to truly ancient…

October 19, 2024 / Carcassonne

Visiting Carcassonne: Cobbled Castle Realms

“There are plenty of things to be grateful for in the modern era. Among the…

October 18, 2024 / Albi

Visiting Albi: The Brick Basilica

“The multi-generation machinations of the Catholic Church always fascinate me. Centuries of construction in nearly…

October 17, 2024 / Europe

Visiting Toulouse: Contrasting Feasts

“The average quality of food Europe has managed to standardize tends to make returning to…

October 16, 2024 / Andorra

Visiting Andorra la Vella: Mushrooms in the Mountains

“Tiny nations are fiercely interesting and unusual sights. Most of all, they are defined by…

October 14, 2024 / Barcelona

Visiting Barcelona: The Winding Quarters

“Sometimes, travel means witnessing novelty. Sometimes, it means witnessing decay.” – Old Sean Sagunto Parade…

October 13, 2024 / Europe

Visiting Valencia: Whittled Fantasia

“There are only heroic individuals. It’s wise to disabuse one’s self early in the concept…

October 11, 2024 / Europe

Visiting Granada: Interlocked Alhambra

“It’s daunting to consider the cost of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in modern currency and…

October 10, 2024 / Europe

Visiting Seville: A Companion in Transience

“It’s not where you go or what you do. It’s who you go forth with.”…

July 23, 2024 / Florida

Visiting Orlando: Classic Footsteps

“Still alive, still wandering, still meeting all the most lovely people. Luck follows me closer…

July 18, 2024 / Florida

Visiting Miami: Paintbound Blur

“I suspect that I would’ve made a good tour guide if I wasn’t so wildly…

July 14, 2024 / Caribbean

Visiting San Juan: Lingering the Rest

“What more can I see aside from that which is sought and witnessed by me?”…