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We welcomed 2016 in Malta, an archipelago nestled between Europe and Africa. Considered the Dubai of the Mediterranean, Malta is...

Although technically Italy, Sicily has its own unique character. It feels different from other parts of Italy. It is the football being...

One of my regrets about traveling to Berlin is spending so little time in this city. 48 hours is definitely not enough and I’m not sure...

After almost two years of living in Switzerland, my mom came to visit us. This was the first time she traveled outside the US and Puerto...

Romania, land of fairytales, Dracula and papanasi! Definitely a country worth to visit, but before I tell you why you should visit...

We debated whether to leave Bruges early in order to stop in Ghent on our way to the airport or stay longer in Bruges. I am glad we chose...

I’ve been wanting to write a blog about Puerto Rico for a while. Here’s some information I like to share with friends who decide to visit...

Annecy is a city in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. I stumbled upon pictures of this town...

We went on a motorcycle roadtrip to the Grimselwelt area in Switzerland. The drive through the Alps was amazing. We stopped at the...

Zürich’s privileged location provides the opportunity to go on a day trip to a different country.  This time we went to the walkable city...

One of my favorite ways to travel and discovering a country is by car. Public transportation is a good way to travel, but if you want to...

It’s been almost 11 years since I studied abroad in Perugia, Italy. It was summer of 2004 when I took my very first trip to Europe and to...

The air is filled with the sweet aroma of mulled wine (Glühwein in German, Vin Brulée in Italian and Vin Chaud in French). Local artists...

I wrote about our preparation to climb/trek Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in 2013, but here we share our journey to the top in pictures:...

You have chosen your traveling dates, the tour operator company and your traveling partners. Now the real fun begins! Training and...

In July 2013 we trekked the highest peak in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Since then, several people have come to us asking how we did it,...

Taking advantage of a deal with Ryanair, we purchased a roundtrip ticket (Basel-Stansted-Basel) for $50 per person and visited our friend...

This is the third and final part of “Portugal Chronicles”. In this part we take a look at Portugal’s second largest city after Lisbon:...

Lisbon in a day 09:00am    Breakfast (place of your choice) 10:00am    Jerónimos Monastery  12:00N      Lunch at Pasteis de Belem 01:30pm...

Portugal, the birth place of famous sailors and explorers, great food, amicable people and the land that gave the world a famous...