Author: Richard Huang
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The Camino Through Wind and Rain 5: Perseverance
Days of rain, an injured foot, and mounting exhaustion make this the hardest day yet, but strangers calling out “Buen Camino” and the ancient water sources along the way transform grim endurance into a shared faith in carrying on.
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The Camino Through Wind and Rain 4: Choices
Between shortening the day’s walk, choosing at each fork, and stopping in Melide, every decision brings both a cost and a freedom—the Camino becomes a mirror for reflecting on life’s choices and the direction of one’s faith.
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The Camino Through Wind and Rain 3: Letting Go
Illness, wind, rain, and the long road forced me to confront the possibility of giving up. Yet once I let go of my insistence that I “had to finish,” body and mind found the strength to carry on.
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The Camino Through Wind and Rain 2: Into the Unknown
On the first day’s walk from Sarria to Portomarín, mist, clear skies, and yellow arrows accompany a gradual lesson: amid uncertain weather, terrain, and inner anxieties, focus on the step you can take now.
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The Camino Through Wind and Rain 1: Why We Began
Inspired by a film and a book of photographs, two non-Christians set out on the Camino de Santiago—not only to test themselves physically, but to break from routine, understand faith, and discover new ways of seeing life.
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Walking the High Line
A look back at how Joel Sternfeld spent more than a year walking and photographing New York’s abandoned elevated railway, creating in Walking the High Line a record of an industrial ruin’s transformation into an urban park.
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Danube Impressions #4: Farewell, Budapest
After leaving the ship early in the morning for one last look at Budapest, we make a whirlwind visit to the Buda Castle District before sailing on toward Visegrád and Vienna. A sunset in motion leaves our unfinished wishes—and plenty of reasons to return—in its wake.
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Danube Impressions #3: Budapest at Its Most Beautiful
A visit to the “world’s most beautiful café,” the Hungarian Parliament, and a McDonald’s in a historic railway station, followed by boarding our Viking river cruise. Budapest’s nightscape and unexpected street encounters proved more beautiful than anything on a preconceived list.
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Danube Impressions #2: Budapest Markets
From old treasures and Herend porcelain at a suburban flea market to the Great Market Hall and the city’s ruin bars, a day among commerce, food, and youth culture reveals Budapest’s vibrant, complex character.
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Danube Impressions #1: Arriving in Budapest
From Toronto to Budapest via Amsterdam, we begin exploring the city through its streets, Hungarian food, and the Danube by night—a prelude to our romantic river cruise.