Albania is a stunning country with an emerging economy—a price-positive tourist destination to consider now, before everyone else gets there!

Located at the foothills of the dramatic Sangre de Cristo Mountains, its wild desert beauty and colorful, refined culture clash in a way that sparks something creative and curious deep in my soul.

The next day we headed to Sag Harbor, starting our day at Carissa’s Bakery, a instagramably chic spot filled with people wearing very white Chloé Nama sneakers and Alo nude leggings. Eating artisanal pastries and sipping coffee concoctions in this precious setting felt like hooking up to an IV bag filled with Hampton Vibe drip.

Traveling to Zermatt, Switzerland is like landing in a chapter of ‘Heidi’ only with gourmet meals, great friends, and deep winter as the cast of characters.

Let it be noted under ‘Miracles DO Happen’ that on this trek, in the middle of nowhere, there is a tiny restaurant serving the best version I’ve ever eaten of my favorite food—French fries! Oh. My. Jesus. I can see why this mountain is sacred.

…Jeff rode right on top of this fat boy—yikes—so be ready alert. Ironically, the sound that the flywheel makes on a bike sounds almost exactly like the rattle of the snake’s keratin, so that provided a kind of freaky adrenaline rush during the rides….

A combination of sleuthing and intuition led us to book Treasures of Lisboa with Ruthy and Marcio an adorable couple of entrepreneurs who hosted us for four straight hours of food, facts, and fun…

I was in heaven checking out the old typewriters, text-style wallpaper, writer’s nooks, beautiful art, and fun artifacts like the giant scale in the very nice gym.

This requirement is exactly why a day spent playing in our winter wonderland always feels like an invigorating suspension into the spiritual.

‘Everything I love the most happens most everyday for me when I am in the Northeast Kingdom.’

New Zealand is all the things a dream island should be: no snakes, no Lyme ticks, no predators, sparkling fresh air, lush rainforests, and…

The aspirational energy rises and flows like a cultural consciousness.

Bentonville is like Disney for mountain bikers…

My travel motto is ‘dirt by day lux by night’…

The people of Sri Lanka are kind, beautiful souls. It was a spiritual and spectacular trip in every possible way, one I highly recommend. The riding was rigorous and varied, never a dull day!