What Makes You Feel at Home Abroad? 8 More Travelers Answer
What makes you feel at home when you’re overseas? Many of us are thrilled to visit new places that are as different from home as we can find, but “There’s no place like home” has...
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A Sydney Staycation at PARKROYAL Darling Harbour
Finish a day of work, head straight to the airport, and board a €20 flight to spend the weekend in a foreign country. Insanely enough, that became standard fare for me while I was living...
The Ultimate Sydney Day Out
It’s crazy to think that, as of September, I’ll have lived in Sydney for two years. But for as much as I’ve seen of this Australian city, I’ve barely scratched the surface of all there...
7 Expat & Travel Bloggers Share What Makes Them Feel at Home Abroad
We travel, among many other reasons, to be away from home, to get out of our comfort zones. However, there’s also quite a lot to be said for having that occasional taste of home when...
Manageable Mandarin: A Beginner’s Guide to Learning Chinese
If I could have any superpower, I’d choose the ability to speak every language in the world. Sadly, I’ve yet to be bestowed with this power, but I can at least work toward it slowly. Since October,...
Travel Talk with Jayne of Girl Tweets World + Her New Guide to Sydney
Today I’m talking to a fellow Sydney-based blogger, Jayne, who runs the popular travel blog Girl Tweets World. She has also recently released her first e-book, Girl Tweets World Guide to Sydney, so I...
Dinner and Ghost Hunting at Sydney’s Haunted Quarantine Station
The year is 1835. You’ve left your homeland on a long journey to the British colony of Australia, and tragedy strikes. The coughs and moans of your fellow passengers grow louder, and, before you know...
The Patriotic Expatriate: Fourth of July in Croatia and Australia
No matter how many years I spend outside of the U.S., I’m still American through and through – and damn proud of it, especially considering the week my country is currently having. I also...
