Notes and itineraries

Travel slower, notice more

Unhurried routes through cities and coastlines, with costs, timings and honest trade-offs.

Мне нужна была не обычная прогулка, а экскурсия на Останкинскую башню, и выбор в центре оказался невелик. Группу собирают у метро «Тимирязевская», поднимают лифтом на 337 метров, а вниз спускают с остановками — так что час уходит и на рассказ про антенны. К обеду я ещё раз доставал телефон за прогнозом ветра.

Where we have been

The Cottage Arrival Checklist I Run in the First HourThe cottage checklist I run in the first hour of every rental: the outside loop, the boiler, the meter photo and the paperwork that saves an argument later.
Driving Independence Pass: Timing, Stops, WeatherHow to run a high, narrow Continental Divide crossing: when to leave, the pullouts worth stopping for, and what to do when the sky turns above treeline.
Three Days in a Mountain Town With One Clear WindowA seventy-two hour plan built backwards from the only dry morning: what to spend it on, two wet-day options to have ready, and how the town hours run.
Where the Trail Meets the High Street in ChamonixHow a guide village centre turned into an outdoor retail strip, what the late-summer race weeks did to the crowds, and the quieter ground the valley keeps.

Travel slower, notice more

Where we have been

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