Travel

So final full day in Rome, and I'm melancholic that three years of planning, fretting, researching, changing, asking, and surfing are now coming to an end. It was a fantastic trip where everyone was healthy and had no mishaps. In 2018, my new phone was pickpocketed in Barcelona, Spain, dampening…

America is a different planet. — I am not an American. I am hardly even European. My country is one of those poor Eastern European ones, trapped between the old continent and big monstrous Russia, hardly part of Europe’s culture. A gate between heaven and hell. But far-far away, across a continent and an ocean, America…

I’m the newest member of the team — Hello, I’m Anne. Some might know me as the crazy girl jumping out of planes for a living. Others know me from my travel essays documenting my life around the globe as a modern-day nomad. Or as the girl who loves to photograph nature and pretty much anything that involves…

Lake Como is one of the best vacation ideas in Italy. Why go. An unhurried journey along one of Italy’s largest and most beautiful lakes offers respite, and the views are pleasing to more than just the eyes. Vacations in Italy can be spent in many ways. That’s why sunny…

As of May 2023, ETIAS will apply throughout the European Union, and tourists from countries that are not part of the Community will have to apply for a special entry permit. How much does it cost to apply? ETIAS, or European Travel Information and Authorization System, is a European travel…

Sometimes a larger city may be the answer… After having two medical procedures in a month, I wanted to learn more about the healthcare in Mexico, especially in the town we wanted to move to. I dug through expat Facebook groups, asked questions, messaged a few people I met there…