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Category: Destinations

In Defense of Air Conditioning: A Bolognese Adventure in Sweat

From that night on, Maria Teresa and I feuded incessantly over the air conditioning. I would come back to the bedroom earlier than her to do my work, and turn it on. She would return soon afterwards, and turn it off.

Bologna, Hannah Berman, heatwave, Italy, wanderlust journal

Animal Bodies

And then I wonder at this logic: why should beauty or intelligence be the measure of an animal’s worth? Traveling means witnessing the world exactly as it is without trying to change it and being open to letting our travels change us instead. There are cages enough everywhere.

cultures, food, india, pets, Suzanne Roberts, Vietnam, wanderlust journal

Le Petit Bain

“We just don’t use the plastic curtain things. We know how to take a shower without getting water everywhere. Use the extra towel to clean up the floor. It’s our little secret. I’ve already seen you naked, remember?”

Côte d'Azur, Christie Munson Muller, France, wanderlust journal

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