BEST DAYS
EVER
The days you'll still be talking about in thirty years. Expeditions, giveaways, heritage hotels, and live music — curated by Gerald Shaffer from across the globe.
Expeditions
Multi-day adventures with real field notes — from summit pushes to coastal drives. Gerald's personal accounts, unfiltered.
Giveaways
Curated experiences you can actually win. Not influencer trips — proper, once-in-a-lifetime days that money can't easily buy.
Retrospectives
The places and moments that have stood the test of time. Heritage hotels, legendary venues, and days that still feel like yesterday.
Stockyard Hill, Victoria, Australia · Victoria, Australia
BEST DAYS EVER: LIFE OF AN AUSTRALIAN FARMER'S WIFE
Five generations of Bains on the volcanic plains west of Ballarat. Fine Merino wool. A national award. A partnership that runs the farm, the family, and the conversation between the paddock and the rest of the world.
Vanessa Ruck, United Kingdom · United Kingdom
THE GIRL ON A BIKE
She was cycling home from work. A car ran a red light. Seven surgeries. Seven years. And then she found motorcycles — and the Africa Eco Race, the Romaniacs, and 460,000 people watching.
BEST DAYS SPENT: THE SYLVIA HOTEL
English Bay, Vancouver · British Columbia, Canada
CLIMBING MONT BLANC
Chamonix, France · France
WIN A DAY AT THE LOUVRE
Paris, France · France
THE PEARL, VANCOUVER
881 Granville Street · British Columbia, Canada
THE BEST PIZZA I'VE HAD ALL YEAR
Domino's, Maple Ridge · British Columbia, Canada
NORTH SHORE BIKE PARK — A BEST DAY WITH THE CREW
North Vancouver, BC · British Columbia, Canada
CÓDIGO 1530 — A BEST DAY IN TEQUILA
Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico · Jalisco, Mexico
DONDE CHARLIE — BEST CAPPUCCINO IN JALISCO
Jalisco, Mexico · Mexico
CHÂTEAU MARCONNE — LIVE YOUR BEST DAYS HERE
Pas-de-Calais, France · Pas-de-Calais, France
PAJARETE — A BEST MORNING IN JALISCO
Jalisco, Mexico — at dawn, beside a cow · Mexico
"The best days aren't the ones that go according to plan. They're the ones where something unexpected happens and you realise, much later, that it was exactly what you needed."— Gerald Shaffer, Just Gerald Magazine
PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
Torres del Paine Circuit — 9 days, 100 km, one of the world's great walks.
KYOTO, JAPAN
Three days in the old capital during autumn koyo — the best days Japan has to offer.
AMALFI COAST, ITALY
The Nastro Azzurro drive from Positano to Ravello — 50 km of the world's most dramatic coastline.