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Untold Secrets of Barcelona you Need to Know

I know travel with coronavirus isn’t going to be back to ‘normal’ for a while. However, the world’s normal wasn’t really helping the environment. Travel will definitely be in peoples’ lives and it will not stop. It will change but people will still travel. I...

A solo trip to Kerala

I did an epic solo trip to Kerala in the month of October 2019 and it was the best trip of my life. It was also the longest solo trip I have forayed. I visited a bunch of places last year. Among them, Kerala stands...

What Travel will Look like after Coronavirus…?

Everyone loves to travel! Why? The only travel I did when I was growing up is getting into the car and drive to the seaside to spend the summer. Travel may have seemed unattainable for a few for a while. However, with flights being cheap...

When in Rome (Part 1)

Woken up by the sound of birds chirping and the sun shining through our window, Michelle and I were ready to take on the day. We had arranged for il nonno to take us to the the bus stop for us to commute to the...

Let’s Travel to Italy Together!

Our Lufthansa flight is set to leave at 4:10pm from terminal 1 in JFK airport. April 28th So much emotions were felt on this day. I was both anxious and excited but mostly excited. This is it. This is the start of my dream coming...

10 cities. 15 days.

April 29th- Arrival |Rome| Fiumicino Airport to Fonte Nuova, Rome We will be picked up from the airport by our host/friend, Francesca. Then head to the supermarket to get some goods. Take the rest of the day to get settled in our home for the...

Time to Plan!

Ben tornato! Not a lot know this but I actually had an opportunity to go to Italy much sooner than I thought. There was a competition for high school students that were in the culinary program to have a chance to study abroad in Italy...

10 historic and spectacular Greek monasteries

The history of Greece is inextricably tied to the history of its monasteries. For most of the monasteries the date of their foundation is lost in time. A monk who during his wandering found this place or a Byzantine lord who dedicated the monastery to...

My Love for Italy

Many who know me know that I have always had a passion for Italy. The food, the culture, the language, the architecture, the music, everything. I like to believe that my mom nurtured this love of mine since I was a little girl. No, she...

Travel And Virtual Reality.

Virtually reality technology has stormed the globe recently, with VR headsets becoming a mainstream customer product. While house adoption is driven by the gaming industry, those within other fields, involving the travel industry, are increasingly exploring and realizing the potential of technology, particularly as a...

How to spend a Sunday in Rome

This is my suggestion for a perfect Sunday in Rome, away from the hustle and bustle. If you’ve already seen the Colosseum and the Vatican, heard the whistles at the Spanish Steps and threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain, you might want a break...

17 Free (and Amazing) Things to do in Rome

I started this as 10 free things to do in Rome, but the list kept on growing as I went through my photos. Now, my list has 17 of my favorite spots in Rome, all of them free to visit. When I plan a trip,...

4 must-do day trips from Lisbon (...except Sintra)

Following our article about Lisbon, we are going to suggest four memorable day trips which can be easily done by car. We excluded Sintra, with the beautiful and fairytale Palacio Nacional da Pena, because it is a world famous town and every traveller visiting Lisbon...

Don't Go There by Adam Fletcher [Book Review]

One of this year’s Christmas gifts from my parents was pretty telling. A travel book called ‘Don’t Go There’. It’s a book about some of the strangest places in the world. It’s a memoir really that details the experiences Adam Fletcher encounters in these unusual...

Types of Map For Trips and Story Maps

When sharing our travel stories and journeys around the world, we sometimes wish we could bring our readers along so they could relive the same experience alongside us. After all, it can be difficult to capture the sense of adventure or describe exactly how much...

Kyparissi : The unknown “island” of Peloponnesos

Kyparissi is a small village in Lakonia, squashed between the slopes of Mountain Parnonas and the shores of Myrtoan Sea. It has a character and an architectural style quite different from other seaside villages of Peloponnesos. Until the 1970s there was no motorway leading to...

California

Gov. Newsom has ordered everyone in California to stay home except to get food, care for a relative or friend, obtain health care or go to an “essential job.” People working in critical infrastructure sectors may continue to go to their jobs. • People outside...