Ljubljana happens to be Slovenia’s largest city and capital, but you wouldn’t know it. It has been named the greenest European city and features the largest pedestrian city center that is just brimming with life. Citizens and tourist alike love to drink coffee by the gorgeous riverfront. Our first day in Ljubljana we spoke to a …
It is becoming commonly well known what to tip and where to tip when traveling through the typical tourist enclaves of Western Europe. For those traveling to Italy, a tip comes in the form of a service charge and tipping in Norway may leave locals flabbergasted. However, tipping in Europe is not the same everywhere. Traveling extensively …
Read moreTipping in Europe • Tips on Restaurant Etiquette Around Europe
This is a guest post brought to you by Shannon Ullman of Lives Abroad. Digital nomads have taken over Chiang Mai. I don’t know if it’s official but it feels like it when every café has at least one guy grinding away on his laptop. It’s not surprising really, with WiFi from all angles and …
Read moreChiang Mai Coffee: The Best Spots For Digital Nomads
Rome has to be one of the most interesting cities in the world and has been an international destination since the birth of international tourism. However, not everyone wants to spend a large amount of time in a major metropolitan city. So, you need a little escape away from the hustle and bustle of Rome. …
Read moreTivoli and Villa D’este the perfect escape from Rome
As regular watchers and even readers of Anthony Bourdain, we knew that a must do when we got to Morocco was to visit the very same restaurant that he ate at when he was in Tangier. In an episode of the popular show Parts Unknown, Bourdain travels to the tip of Northern Morocco to explore …
I read a blog post not that long ago about the narcissism of traveling and the next extension of that, travel blogging. The idea was that those who travel these days are inherently narcissistic, and are becoming increasingly passé about the world at large. That certainly cannot be us or any other travelers we know, …
How many times have you gone out of your way to spend a week with a stranger in the middle of nowhere? We can’t say that we do very often, but after our first week in the hectic city of Marrakech, we were ready for some peace and quiet in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. …
Read moreMy Week as a Moroccan Berber in the High Atlas Mountains
The secrets out. We LOVE coffee! Even better than the coffee itself, is the surroundings your submerged in while sipping on those freshly ground beans. When we get to a new, unknown, and unexplored city we always set out to find that perfect cafe. Apparently, so do other travel bloggers – here are the best cafes …
Read moreTravel Bloggers Reveal the 20 Best Cafes Around The World
Ordering coffee in Italy at an Italian espresso bar can be daunting even though we all now know the words Barista, atteratte Machiatto, Grande, Espresso, Americano, and Cappuccino thanks to one coffee chain. This guide to coffee in Italy is here to quell your fears. In case it isn’t common knowledge those words are Italian, …
“Danke,” the cashier says to me as I walk away with my groceries from one of the supermarkets in Turkey. I am not German. And despite the name Natasha, I am not Russian either. Then I must be from Scandinavia, Australia, or The Netherlands. Nope, Nope, Nope. I go on to tell them I am from …
