By most definitions, I am not a “millennial.” I belong to the tail end of “Generation X” (“Generation Y,” by some definitions). But for the last three and a half months, I indulged in that most stereotypically millenial pastime: I was unemployed and living at my parents’ house. Although I didn’t pay rent, I wasn’t
…Poznań, Poland. Surprised? I was. Here’s why: As you’ll recall, before setting out on my spring/summer 2018 jaunt through Europe and the world, I identified 14 criteria to use in evaluating each city I visited. And I went on to dutifully record all 14 scores for each of my 18 target cities. (In case you’re
I spent eight weeks — the majority of my time in Europe on this trip — wandering through cities that had been part of the Austrian Empire for two or three centuries. It’s pretty astounding, the length and breadth of the territory that was once ruled from Vienna: Most of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia