Taken from Morocco in the late 1400s, Melilla is a small city on its northern coast, located just 100 kilometers…
I have lived in Spain now for more than 11 years, and a little while ago I realized that out…
A Map of Home, Randa Jarrar Jarrar’s novel is a coming-of-age story of a half Palestinian, half Egyptian girl, Nidali,…
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This post is titled ‘at long last’ because one of my dear friends and I have been talking about visiting…
Luxembourg is a tiny country sandwiched between Belgium, France, and Germany. More than 120 different languages are spoken there and…
You all know me, my birthday comes and I want to spend it somewhere new—what a surprise! This year I…
The planning of this trip started in early summer 2019 when I listened to a podcast about traveling to Antarctica…
Traveling to countries that don’t (necessarily) celebrate Christmas is fast becoming my new tradition. Last year I was in Georgia,…
My last trip (to a new country, at least) for the near future was to the island of Cyprus. I…