The world has been one of my greatest teachers
Jerry's Travels
Places are more than destinations. They change the way we see people, possibility, history, beauty, and ourselves.
A journey still unfolding
What each place gave me
I have been fortunate to visit many places, and I hope to visit many more. This section is not meant to become only a gallery of vacation photographs. Each destination will grow into a combination of personal story, useful starting points for planning a trip, and photographs from the journeys themselves.
Travel reminds me that humanity is wonderfully diverse and deeply connected. It challenges assumptions, awakens curiosity, and makes the world feel both larger and more personal.
Part of my global vision
The world becomes more human when we meet it.
Travel has convinced me that understanding grows when we encounter people, cultures and places for ourselves. A map can tell us where a country is. A headline can tell us what happened there. But walking its streets, hearing its voices, sharing its food and seeing ordinary life can change the way we understand the people who live there.
My hope is that these pages do more than show where I have been. I hope they encourage someone else to choose a place, learn about it, and go.
Travel → understanding → connection
Travel and the Global Pledge belong together.
The more of the world I have experienced, the more convinced I have become that people understand one another better when we meet, listen and share our lives. Each destination page now includes an invitation to connect—and a path to the Global Pledge.
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Places that became part of my story
Each card now opens its own page. These are the beginning chapters; there will be more places, stories and photographs to come.
Hawaiʻi
Aloha, beauty, culture, memory—and one of my favorite places in the world.
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London
Birthplace, family history, theater, identity—and a window onto the wider world.
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Cape Cod
Ocean, community, creativity, change—and a home base for much of what I am building.
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Paris
Art, architecture, history, beauty—and the feeling that a city itself can become a work of culture.
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Greece
Theater, democracy, mythology, sunlight—and a conversation with the ancient world that is still going on.
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Italy
Art, humanism, food, history—and a country whose regions can feel like many different worlds.
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Türkiye
A meeting place of Europe and Asia, faiths, empires, cultures—and unexpected perspective.
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Bermuda
Ocean, color, community—and another reminder that islands develop their own unmistakable character.
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Canandaigua
A Finger Lakes place connected to childhood, memory, home—and the beginning of a much longer journey.
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Miami & Florida
South Florida, youth, cultural crossroads—and the experience of adapting to different worlds.
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There is still so much world to see
As photographs and stories are added, these pages will become a map not only of where I have traveled, but of how travel helped form the person, projects, and philosophy found throughout this site.
And I hope the map never feels finished.