Sunburst over a Lisbon beach at golden hour
House of Gulbenkian
A life lived between two worlds
Rockies  →  Riviera
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The wooden canopy at the Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
The house

A house takes a name. Ours comes from Lisbon, and from Calouste Gulbenkian, a man of two worlds who built something lasting between them. We are building ours the same way, between the high Rockies of Colorado and the Mediterranean coast of France. The road that runs between is the whole story. We call it Rockies to Riviera.

Who we are

Him, her, and the road between

Mike

Mike

The Rockies in him. Rivers, high country, the long way around.

Emilie

Emilie

The Riviera in her. Cities, coastlines, an eye for the good.

Mike and Emilie beneath the dome of the Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo
And the two of us

Cairo

Under the great dome of the Muhammad Ali Mosque.

An alpine ice lake in the Colorado Rockies
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The Rockies

Durango, Colorado. Alpine air, high passes, the San Juans out the back door.

A turquoise cove on the French Riviera
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The Riviera

The South of France. The coast in summer, the slow good life.

In the air

Between two worlds

The Journey

Where we have been

A few years of two worlds, and the road between. Everywhere we have set our feet, and the list keeps growing.

An Amsterdam canal below the Basilica of Saint NicholasAmsterdam · the first chapter
Mike and Emilie under a sandstone arch, Arches National Park, UtahArches · Utah
Great Sand Dunes, ColoradoGreat Sand Dunes
An alpine ice lake in the Colorado RockiesThe Rockies
Emilie at the pyramids of GizaGiza · Cairo
The Great Pyramid of GizaThe Great Pyramid
The Sphinx at GizaThe Sphinx
A street in PraguePrague
Prague at ChristmasPrague at Christmas
Sunburst over a Lisbon beach at golden hourLisbon
The Sagrada Familia, BarcelonaBarcelona
The mountains of Montserrat, CataloniaMontserrat
Buckingham Palace, LondonLondon
A turquoise cove on the French RivieraCavalaire · Riviera
Mike and Emilie near Saint-TropezSaint-Tropez
Leaving Nice on the RivieraNice
The cliffs of Arrabida, PortugalArrábida · Portugal

The American West

Durango · Moab · Arches · Great Sand Dunes · Creede · Park City · Tubac · Tucson · Green Valley · Denver · Aurora · Orlando · Houston · Lubbock · Astoria · New York · Atlanta

France & the Riviera

Paris · Saint-Tropez · La Croix-Valmer · Cavalaire · Gassin · Cassis · Martigues · Nice · Cannes · Metz

Europe

Amsterdam · London · Lisbon · the Algarve · Barcelona · Montserrat · Mallorca · Prague · Milan · Cologne · Switzerland · Frankfurt · Stockholm · Copenhagen · Athens

Africa & the Middle East

Cairo · Giza

Latin America

Mexico City · Puerto Peñasco · São Paulo

Beyond

Vancouver · Toronto · Montreal · New Zealand

Onward

Out through a rainbow

Taste, honestly held

We live and work in the business of travel. What we offer is not tricks, but taste and literacy: how to go well, where the good is, and how to make a life of it.