David Frey's Page

Here's the text of my presentation on Papa's Planet yesterday in Lausanne, Switzerland. Enjoy.My name is David Frey, and I’m a freelance writer working on a book tentatively called Papa’s Planet: An Ernest Exploration of the Places Hemingway Lived and Loved. When I came into Switzerland on Thursday by train through the town of Brig, I was told there was another David Frey who worked at the train station there, so if you’re here for that David Frey, you’re in the wrong place.I’ve been in Europe…See More

A church bell is chiming somewhere here in Murano. I look out my window and catch the light, evening light, casting a perfect mix of sun and shadow on the mocha facades.There’s a conspiracy of beauty that fills all the senses. Italian conversations echo off the walls along the canal, mixing with a guitar strumming somewhere, and the sound of water lapping against the banks, and the sounds of forks on plates. The light on the buildings the color of rose petals and rosemary, cappuccino and…See More

Road trip!!!If I take a Michael Pollan audiobook on a road trip to Texas, does that mean I can't stop for junk food? Just asking.Raton, NM. Should I be worried about sleeping in a town named "mouse?"http://twitpic.com/1b3k6j - Monument to soft serve. Raton NMwe're in "y'all" country. Changes in latitudes, changes in platitudes.The stars at night are big and bright ... Isn't that how it goes?missing 11 inches of new snow back…See More

Author Pico Iyer is best known as a travel writer, but Iyer says he’s more interested in transformation than travel. His most recent book, The Open Road, a biography of the Dalai Lama, is one of many explorations of what he calls the “wild cacophony of cultures that’s our legacy in the 21st century.” I asked Iyer how he sees the Dalai Lama fitting into that and his role on the global stage.Pico Iyer: I see him as somebody who is giving real truth to and living out the fact of the global…See More

Getting ready to exhibit photos of Mexico at El Gallito restaurant here in Glenwood Springs, Colo. Here are a few ...Have a favorite?See More