Aug 3, 2017 | America, Chicago, Expats - stories from out there, United States of America
Mónica is 19 years old, is a cinema student and went to the United States with AFS, still in high school, for 10 months because after the 11th grade she felt she needed to broaden her horizons and live a new experience to learn more about the world and herself. In the...
Jul 13, 2017 | America, Expats - stories from out there, New York, United States of America
Mariana is 26 years old and was living in New York for 6 months in 2015 with Inov Contacto program as a Brand Ambassador for a wine distribution company. While she was there I had the opportunity to visit her and she accompanied me through Central Park and Guggenheim!...
May 17, 2017 | America, Mexico, Travel Tips, Yucatan
I spent five months in Mérida, Yucatán with a scholarship from Santander Ibero American Programs. The scholarship was of 2300€ for the whole semester and it is the same to every destination, independently of the costs of the city or how far away it is (for example,...
Jan 30, 2017 | America, Mexico, Oaxaca
My boyfriend’s family comes from the south of the state of Oaxaca, in Mexico. All the regions have their traditional costumes, that you can see during the Guelaguetza, in Oaxaca, in July. Normally all the families have typical costumes from the region they...
Sep 21, 2015 | America, Mexico, Travel Tips, Yucatan
I was in Florence, doing my Erasmus, loving my second year abroad. It was April, which meant the experience was almost over and, though I love Portugal, I really didn’t want to go back for two more years of university. One day I arrive home after school and I...
Sep 12, 2015 | America, New York, Travel Tips, United States of America
Happy 4th of July, fellow friends from the US! When I came back from Mexico to Portugal I stayed one week in New York. When I was planning my trip I understood that to visit most of the main attractions I would have to pay a lot, though there are some museums which...
Sep 7, 2015 | America, New York, United States of America
The very first thing I did in New York with my NY Pass. This tour passes by the main monuments of 20th century american architecture and explores the history of Midtown area communities, like the hidden residential enclave Tudor City, the UN Headquarters, the Ford...
Sep 2, 2015 | America, New York, Travel Itineraries, United States of America
I’m in New York City!!! When I first arrived it seemed really weird to be here, it seemed unreal to be in a place that you feel you know from so many movies, but where you have actually never been! My first impression, when I arrived in the subway coming from the...
Jun 16, 2015 | America, Guatemala, Travel Itineraries
The itinerary I leave here today isn’t exactly what I did, once I integrated Guatemala in a trip from Mérida to Mexico City and I was just 7 days in the country. This is my suggestion for 10 days (aka I wish I had more time there!) to those who travel directly to...
Apr 25, 2015 | America, Cuba, Travel Itineraries
Cuba is a country that has always been present in the conversations in my house, one of my father’s dream destinations, communism in its purest state. I was living in Mexico when it get started speaking about the opening of the embargo that the American...
Sep 12, 2008 | America, Dominican Republic
Yes, the “child” on the photography above is me. How you can already imagine I went to the Dominican Republic a few years ago, precisely in 2005. One of the advantages of having divorced parents is that you have duplicate holidays and on that summer, the...
