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Not your padre’s Colombia
Not your padre’s Colombia

What’s the first thing you think of when I say Colombia? Cocaine? Pablo Escobar? Narcos? FARC? Terrorism? That’s fair. But what if I told you everything you thought you knew about the country is wrong?

After the flood: 72 hours in Venice
After the flood: 72 hours in Venice

We arrived in Venice just hours after the second-worst flood ever recorded. While our experience may not have been typical, it was very real—and also surprisingly great.

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Meet the Oktoberfesters

Close encounters of the German kind at the world’s biggest beer fest—from pseudo cocaine users, to a very generous dessert dealer, and gossiping without words.

Thanksgiving in traction

November 27, 2019

Happy Thanksgiving, American friends! We’re taking a brief break from our regularly scheduled European programming to bring you a dramatic Turkey Day tale straight out of South America. Hope your holiday is tasty and accident-free!

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In Peru, Travel Tales, Latin America Tags holiday, Machu Picchu, November, travel mishap, Thanksgiving
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Romania for beginners

November 24, 2019

What’s it like to travel to Romania? The landscapes, food, and people are absolutely incredible. But we need to talk about that 3.5-hour, 72-mile bus ride.

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In Europe, Romania, Tips & Recommendations Tags Transylvania, holiday, local interaction, transportation, Bucharest, Sibiu, Brasov, food, advice, itinerary
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Gemütlichkeit all year long

October 15, 2019

The Danish concept of hygge has gotten a lot of attention recently, but I didn’t fully understand what it meant until I experienced the German version—four different times.

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In Europe, Germany, Travel Tales Tags re-do, culture, holiday, Christmas, Oktoberfest
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