May 23, 2021 | Asia, Japan, Kyoto, Travel Itineraries
What to see in Kyoto? My trip to Japan was one of the trips of my life and here at home, my man doesn’t shut up about wanting to return, as soon as the world allows it. Therefore, it is unacceptable that I have so few posts about the country of the rising sun!...
Oct 6, 2019 | Asia, Israel, Tel Aviv
The first time I flew to Tel Aviv I visited Jerusalem, so the second time I had to visit the city we fly to! One of Tel Aviv’s biggest attractions is Old Jaffa, supposedly the old center of a neighboring port city – Jaffa. Like many places in Israel, it is famous for...
Jul 11, 2019 | Asia, Israel, Jerusalem
TAP’s new “love-hate” route is Tel Aviv. Love, the destination, hate, the flight and its schedules. The thing is the flight takes more than five hours and the Israeli passengers are the most disobedient I have ever seen – always standing, which does not facilitate the...
Dec 6, 2017 | Asia, Japan, Travel Tips
As you know, I’m an apologist for cheap travelling, and when we were booking the trip to Japan, I was reticent about the cost of living in the country, but then a good surprise was revealed. Obviously, there are travel options to all price ranges but it is...
Nov 30, 2017 | Asia, Himeji, Hiroshima, Japan, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Tokyo, Travel Itineraries
I have just returned from two intense weeks in Japan, so it is an ideal time to share with you my plan, including the adaptations that were made on the spot due to weather conditions or taking less or more time to visit the different attractions than originally...
Nov 29, 2017 | Asia, Japan, Travel Tips
Traveling to a country where we can not read a single character and where it is difficult to find a person that speaks English fluently can be a challenge. But nowadays the internet saves us from everything! In order to move from one place to another, Google Maps...
Sep 14, 2017 | Asia, Expats - stories from out there, Nepal
Vera is an architect, she is 25 years old and lived in Patan, Nepal for 4 months in 2016. Her text is exciting, but nothing better than telling us why she went to this country, which is rarely in the top of destinations to visit from the recurring traveler. It may be...
Jul 27, 2017 | Asia, Expats - stories from out there, Japan, Tokyo
Inês is 22 years old (almost 23, next Monday), is an architecture student and has been in Tokyo for nine months, through an exchange program with the University of Tokyo, subsidized by the Japanese government to do the last year of the master’s. She decided to...
Jun 29, 2017 | Asia, Cambodia, Expats - stories from out there
Daniel is 37 years old and has lived in Phnom Pehn for 3 years, after being there volunteering for six months in 2011, an experience he loved, one of the reasons that made him want to return. He works as a university professor and academic advisor in the capital of...
Apr 12, 2017 | Asia, Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul is not the capital of Turkey, as many people think, but it is without a doubt the city with the most history in the whole country! I was there in the summer of 2013, when the political situation was starting to be violent, but we never saw anything very...
Dec 19, 2014 | Asia, Turkey
In 2013 I went to Turkey with Viagens Abreu, another family trip to which my father used us every summer. I remember perfectly how they announced that year’s destination with a riddle: “It is a country whose capital most people think it is another.” I first thought of...
