Visiting Lisbon During a Global Pandemic (Coronavirus/COVID-19)

Just to start with a disclaimer - these are all personal opinions of ours based on our time in Lisbon and August 2020. We had already delayed moving to Portugal from April 2020 and only in August...

The Beginner's Guide to Socializing and Music in Serbia

If people already know each other, they shake hands or kiss, often three times on alternate cheeks. - Zdravo - Hello - Da - Yes - Ne - no - Dobar dan - Good afernoon - Dobro veče - Good evening ...

The 10 Best Language Learning Apps

People use mobile apps every day for a variety of purposes. Those apps can be entertaining, assisting, work-related, just useful, or even vital for one’s life. They also can help one to broaden...

Antalya is Çok Güzel (Very Beautiful!)

In Turkish, "çok güzel" means "very beautiful." It's an expression of enthusiasm used to admire beautiful things, beautiful people and beautiful actions. At night, Antalya's old town casts a...

Learn Catalan Before Your Trip to Barcelona

We are standing in front of the Barcelona’s La Seu cathedral in the Ciutat Vella (old city) of Barcelona. It is Easter Sunday. Less than a half an hour earlier, I drag my teenage daughter from her...

In Vietnamese, Everyone is Family

When I traveled to Vietnam, I found myself having the same conversation with the different people I met throughout my trip. It made me realize that you really only need to have a few phrases...