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Barcelona
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Spain · March 2024

Barcelona, between cathedrals and chocolate shops.

We arrived expecting Sagrada Familia. We left obsessed with a small chocolate shop in El Born, the gothic alleys behind the cathedral, and an espresso machine we now plan our mornings around.

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Japan
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Japan · April 2025

Tokyo at night, Kyoto at first light.

Two cities, one overnight bus, and the slow realisation that Japan rewards the traveller who walks. Eighteen days, every train caught, one bookshop in Jimbocho we’ll fly back for.

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Germany
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Germany · September 2024

Bavaria, where the fairytales grew up.

Neuschwanstein before the queues, an unscripted weekend in the Black Forest, and the precise pretzel that ruined every pretzel since. Slow travel in a country that still rewards a paper map.

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Madrid
Madrid · Spain

Sunset Almudena & the Money Heist trail.

Seville
Seville · Spain

Orange blossoms and the soul of flamenco.

Andamans
Andamans · India

Slow ferries and an ocean you can hear thinking.

Paris
Paris · France

Winter Paris, with fewer crowds and more bakeries.

South India
Karnataka · India

A 13-day road trip with parents and a Polo.

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