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

Los Angeles – Kobe’s last game

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

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

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

Manchester – first time to Old Trafford

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

Bangalore – Driving here is like playing Mario Kart.

Austin – where I discovered chicken fried steak.

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

Marseille – when I drank pastis en route to seeing CR7

Ibiza – party to the edge of pain

Barcelona – where I eavesdropped Brian talking to French girls.

Pamplona – when I participated in San Fermin.