Pompei – when I split up with DJ on a scorching day.

Dunkirk – a flashback to one of my favorite books, Atonement

Los Angeles – Kobe’s last game

Bangalore – Driving here is like playing Mario Kart.

Ibiza – party to the edge of pain

Istanbul – when I wanted to leave the moment we arrived.

Auxerre – where my life is endangered (again) by DJ’s need for speed.

Bocase del Toro – where I wrote a postcard to my dad.

Manchester – first time to Old Trafford

Austin – where I discovered chicken fried steak.

Marseille – when I drank pastis en route to seeing CR7

Pamplona – when I participated in San Fermin.

Barcelona – where I eavesdropped Brian talking to French girls.

Amsterdam – Two visits. Sixteen years apart. Apprehensive at 14; enabler at 30.