Travel journals & photographs

Michael Travels

Trip logs from the road — hill towns and holy doors, skydives and train strikes, built from travel journals and a few thousand photos.

New Zealand landscape Apr – May 2026

New Zealand 2026

Fourteen days, two islands, one lost day at the date line — skydiving, SkyJumping, Edoras, and a first live kiwi.

14 days · 952+ photos
Bernini's colonnade at St Peter's Square Oct – Nov 2025

Italy 2025 — A Jubilee Pilgrimage

A Holy Year on foot and by train: a 13th-century castle in Umbria, the Via di Francesco, and a volunteer's green vest at the Holy Door.

3 cities · 1 Holy Door
Basilica of Saint Francis above the valley Oct – Nov 2024

Italy 2024 — Return to Umbria

A five-star fortress in Perugia, Assisi after the buses leave, cats running a church, and a train strike finale across Rome.

2 hill towns · 7 video clips
Assisi, Italy Nov 2022

Assisi 2022 — In the Footsteps of Saint Francis

The first pilgrimage: the Porziuncola, the Basilica of Saint Francis, morning mists over the valley, and San Damiano.

140+ photos · 37 videos