I didn’t expect to be suffering for lack of food in Italy. I visited in the past, before I decided to listen to my doctors and my body and cut out wheat and gluten entirely. I was diagnosed wit...
Welcome back to Thrillable Hours! This next instalment of the lawyer interviews is with a woman named Megan, who is currently clerking in the Equatorial Pacific, in a tiny country called Palau. She o...
When you attend a conference in the travel sphere, there is often a small press trip attached, free of charge, for the hosting region to show you around. The hosts want you to write about it thereaft...
Welcome back to Thrillable Hours! This next instalment of my interview series highlighting lawyers who are doing interesting things is with Katie Aune, a fellow travel blogger (and fellow celiac) who...
I know I’ve been extraordinarily delinquent in posting to Legal Nomads in the last month. My usual once-a-week update fell to the wayside in the constant movement and adrenaline of April, leaving me ...
As promised in my last post about homesickness and long-term travel, I wanted to publish a follow up about the more practical side of my time on the road. I started out having no idea if I had packed...
A recent article in Smart Set caught my attention. Reviewing Susan J. Matt’s history of homesickness in America, Jessa Crispin uses the subject as a springboard for her own travels and nostalgi...
Welcome back to Thrillable Hours! For newer Legal Nomads readers: a little background. I decided to start the Thrillable Hours series as a way to spotlight lawyers and former lawyers who were doing i...
In my Istanbul through a Pinhole post, I hinted at the fact that I would be starting a Legal Nomads newsletter. I’ve quietly put up the enrolment form on the sidebar, as well as on my Facebook ...
A brief break from writing about Turkey to chat about where I am now: Chiang Mai. After spending the holidays in England with my brother and then a few weeks in Jordan for consulting work, I stopped ...
In my last photoessay on Turkey’s biggest city, I wistfully recalled my many hours of wandering the cobblestone streets of Istanbul, my camera and imagination in tow. It was Autumn on the cusp of wi...
Looking back at the spiral of exploration I’ve documented on this site, I notice that my initial feelings about many places include the phrase “a shock to the system.” Regardless of how long I travel...
“The passages of Marrakesch are so packed with people, animals and objects that you have to learn to move through them in a new way. I found myself wayching local Marrakechis who have spent the...
Welcome back to Thrillable Hours! This next instalment of my interview series highlighting lawyers who are doing interesting things is with Marianne Elliott, a former corporate attorney from New Zeal...
I spent November in Istanbul, in awe of the evocative, beautiful architecture and delicious food. I also got a much-needed haircut. When I finally left England for some consulting work in Amman, I c...
Longtime readers know that shortly after I got back from Asia in 2010, my computer and all my hard drives were stolen. Included on those backups and on my laptop were all my photos from my weeks in M...
Like many neighbouring countries in the Levant, Jordan is known for its dips and tiny, tasty dishes called mezze. Scattered on the table in bowls and mopped up with fresh pita or saj breads, meals be...
A corollary to having a brother who flies to the Philippines solely to help you find your favourite animal on earth is that he can be relied upon to provide you with friends who you will immediately ...
It’s a tough question to ask. I sat and looked through folders of photos, bringing back waves of memories. Shockingly, mine has to do with food. As I’ve said many times, what I eat as I r...
After a fall in Morocco and Turkey, I’ve made my way to England. My brother just moved here with his girlfriend for the next few years; he’s been transferred with work, and she’s pu...
Welcome back to Thrillable Hours! This next instalment of my interview series for lawyers doing interesting things stemmed from my keynote at WDS. At the conference, I was fortunate enough to meet al...
I grew up in a house where dinnertable discussions centred on historical battles, told either in my mother’s wonderful cadence, with infectious enthusiasm or my father’s perfect-pitch sto...
One thing I have wanted to do more of is video. However, video to me is quite scary. It’s easier to me to hide behind words, to cobble together whatever honest filaments of prose I need to buil...
Passports with Purpose 2011 kicks off today and after the success of last year’s campaign to build a village in India’s Tamil Nadu and 2009’s school in rural Cambodia, they are partnering with Room ...
After winding through the High Atlas mountains – which was nowhere near as fun by bus as by rental car, using the N9 as my personal race track – we headed to Essaouira for a few nights by...
Welcome back to Thrillable Hours! This week’s interview is with another Quebecoise, Anne Marie Babkine, who practiced as a lawyer for 14 years before quitting her job to work on a series of ...
My dad loves cars. Building them, washing them, driving them – you name it, and he can tell you about it. Many childhood weekends were spent learning from him, about shiny chrome and bright pai...
Back when I was exploring the intense and rewarding Myanmar, I wrote a post about how it was always soup o’clock in Burma. During my first days in Morocco, I was reminded of that post and the w...
Welcome back to Thrillable Hours! As I said in my introduction to the series, the aim was not to dismiss the practice of law but rather to highlight people who have decided to do something out of the...
One of the main attractions in Marrakesh for both locals and tourists alike is the Djemaa el-Fna. A focal point to all things in the old Medina, the square undergoes a series of changes from day to n...
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