Matthew decides to right a horrible wrong from his past: never having gone to a Turkish bath when he lived in Turkey, he’s going to one in Morocco. An experience he will never forget. Excerpted from Matthew’s one-man show, Porcelain Travels Live, record

Matthew’s tiny seventh-floor apartment had a top-to-bottom view of the Eiffel Tower. What it did not have was a bathroom. That didn’t stop him from bathing, taking advantage of an ingenious albeit bizarre - and not altogether functional - setup. Excerpt

Matthew couldn’t go to Egypt without taking a boat down the Nile—a trip that did not end well. Excerpted from the one-man show, Porcelain Travels Live, recorded live in San Francisco as part of the Marsh Theater’s Monday Night Marsh series in March 2019.

Matthew’s refuge high in the Barcelona sky is not only minuscule, it’s set up in a way that he’s never seen before - or since. Excerpted from Matthew’s one-man show, Porcelain Travels Live, recorded live in San Francisco as part of the Marsh Theater’s Mon

When Matthew’s friend comes to visit him in Paris, she is stunned by his living situation. Given her disgust at his little studio, it’s ironic - and problematic - when she herself contributes to its demise. Excerpted from the story “The Bin and the Bomb.”

Trapped on a bus in the middle of Anatolia, Matthew really, really had to go to bathroom. When the bus showed no signs of stopping and he became desperate, he realized he also had to get creative. Recorded live at San Francisco’s Lit Crawl on October 20,

Weeks in McDonald’s. Seven flights of stairs. A rubber bin instead of a shower. At least the apartment had a top-to-bottom view of the Eiffel Tower. Just the beginning of what was to prove a very unorthodox living experience in the City of Lights. Excerpt

Never having gone to a hammam when he lived in Istanbul, Matthew decides to visit one in Morocco. If only he hadn't agreed to the massage. Note: This episode also appears in the "Short Stories of Misadventures in Morocco" podcast.

Shortly after his arrival in Valletta, the capital of the Mediterranean nation of Malta, Matthew falls face-first onto his bed. When he's awoken at 5:00 AM, it has nothing to do with jet lag--and it's only by getting very creative that he manages to find

A boulder that's alive. Creatures that come out after dark. In this story within a story, Matthew describes his arrival at a small house in an isolated mountain village in Andalusia (southern Spain) and at his friend's apartment in Palm Springs--both of w