But step somewhere new — and it feels like a different sun entirely.

A different city, a different country, a street you’ve never walked — new places cast new light, both in the physical world around us and into our internal worlds. That’s where the name comes from, and that’s what this site is about.

A place you understand feels different from one you don’t. The history behind a street, the reason a bridge was built where it was, the story of the people who came before — none of that changes what you see, but all of it changes how you see it.

Under a New Sun is two things: travel writing that adds a layer of understanding — surfacing things you may not have known were there — and practical resources that make the trip itself easier. Both matter. A well-planned journey leaves more room for the moments that can’t be planned.

I’m Michael. I’m based in New York, which is where the site begins — not because it’s the only place worth writing about, but because it’s endlessly interesting and I know it well.

We’ll go further from here — we’re just getting started.