Sean ConwayFeb 156 minThe Pastel Palette of Italy’s Cinque TerrePixar’s 2021 film Luca looked awfully familiar. The coming-of-age story of sea monsters living incognito among the humans of a small...
Sean ConwayJul 19, 20213 minLand of Fire & Ice“Amazing.” “Stunning.” “Incredible.” “So, so beautiful.” I’d been hearing superlatives decorating any mention of Iceland like confetti,...
Sean ConwayMay 14, 20214 minBuilding a Tradition in the Cayman IslandsBefore our 2010 honeymoon, Christine and I had taken just two trip together: the first was an April vacation in Clearwater Beach in...
Sean ConwayApr 25, 20215 minIs Provincetown, Cape Cod the Key West of Massachusetts?During the summer of 2012 I had the opportunity to visit both Key West, Florida, and then, later, Provincetown at the very tip of Cape...
Sean ConwayApr 7, 20216 minA Deep Dive in Tulum, MexicoTulum was the third chapter in the Jeff trilogy. Christine and I had traveled to Belize with my brother, Jeff, back in 2016, and then...
Sean ConwayMar 11, 20214 minThe Fairy Tale of PragueIt has the best-preserved Old Town in perhaps all of Europe. Called the City of A Hundred Spires, and for good reason, its square is...
Sean ConwayMar 5, 20215 minA Stroll Before Sunrise through Vienna, AustriaWe arrived in beautiful and historic Vienna with our Rick Steves guidebook in hand, the self-guided walking tour of the city bookmarked...
Sean ConwayFeb 22, 20216 minExploring New England on a Pair of SkisFor a while, our travel years were a little out of balance. My wife and I usually had an ambitious summer itinerary that often included...
Sean ConwayFeb 11, 20215 minJ’adore Quebec CityWay back in the day, Christine and her family took a road trip to Quebec City, the entire family stuffed into their 1970s station wagon:...
Sean ConwayFeb 4, 20214 minBarcelona's Towering SandcastleFrom a distance, I’ve always thought the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain looked like an elaborate sandcastle. On my 2006 visit to the...
Sean ConwayJan 29, 202112 minThe Journey to Land's EndIn my recent novel, Land’s End, a young brother and sister are kidnapped by their estranged father, a man they’ve only seen sporadically...
Sean ConwayJan 22, 20217 minBelfast and Northern Ireland’s Antrim Coast are all Killer, No FillerBelfast, Northern Ireland was our home base for a week in 2019 for my sister-in-law’s wedding. We’d been to the Republic of Ireland a...
Sean ConwayJan 14, 20216 minI Can See for Miles and Miles in Majestic NorwayI’ve has this theory for a while now that being able to train our eyes on a distant point is good for our mental health. In other words,...
Sean ConwayJan 8, 20217 minYou Want it, They Got It in AmsterdamAmsterdam was the third city on our whirlwind 2013 European adventure, and the first that I’d fallen in love with. I liked our days in...
Sean ConwayDec 30, 20203 minA One-Night Stand in Bruges, BelgiumOur first European adventure as a couple, back in 2013, took us to five countries in two-plus weeks, beginning with a couple days in...
Sean ConwayDec 2, 20205 minTurned on by Off-Season OgunquitI’ve written about coastal Maine before, specifically about our road trip up to Bar Harbor, and there was no shortage of great seaside...
Sean ConwayOct 25, 20207 minStockholm, I'm HomeSweden had been on my radar for a long time. During my MFA program, I’d spent three summers studying in the south of France and Madrid,...
Sean ConwaySep 29, 20206 minIt's Always Travel Season (Even When It's Not)Call me a technophobe, but I’ve always worried about all the photos people take and have on their phones, or PC hard drives, or stored in...
Sean ConwayAug 30, 20209 minIn Hawaii, Things Keep Getting Better and BetterWe joined my brother, his wife, and their then-eight month old daughter on an ambitious Hawaii adventure in 2018. They’d been three...
Sean ConwayAug 21, 202011 minWhere it Began: An Overdue Return to Lake WinnipesaukeeThroughout the first half of the 1970s, my family owned a camper and lot at a summer trailer park on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire...
Sean ConwayAug 16, 20205 minIn London, An Abbey Road Pilgrimage This past September marked the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ classic album Abbey Road, which included the iconic tracks...
Sean ConwayAug 12, 20204 minRoom to Breathe in France’s Alsace RegionIt was an ambitious trip abroad this summer—a week in Belfast, Northern Ireland for my sister-in-law’s wedding, then almost three weeks...
Sean ConwayAug 7, 20204 minI'm a BelizerIt wasn’t particularly easy to get to, which might be why it’s such a hidden gem. From Boston we laid over in Houston, then on to Belize...