Denver on the Cheap
We live in Denver on a student scholarship and a couple of part time jobs. We have to do Denver on the cheap. So here’s a list of how to…
Actionable Ways to Avoid These Airbnb Hosting Mistakes
We understand the nuances of hosting via Airbnb. These are our fine-tuned instructions to avoid Airbnb hosting mistakes built from our 3-year experience of hosting. Each problem has the actionable…
15 Insanely Useful Things to Know Before Going to Brazil
You’ll pick up a lot once you’re in Brazil, but there’s things you need beforehand. Before going to Brazil I didn’t check out anything further than the temperature. Without this…
Toothaches and Haircuts
It’s a chilly Italian morning, the frost infiltrates the Venetian blinds and envelopes me in a humid cloud of chill. And my left cheek is the size of a potato….
Hamsters and Coronavirus
Today I wept. I wasn’t mourning the lives this virus is stealing. I wept because I watched an older university professor hold his first online lesson. How encouraging it is…
5 Simple Ways to Decorate Your Apartment Abroad
Why do you even need to think about decorating your apartment abroad? You can’t always choose where you live when you move abroad. Once I lived in a little…
Best Resources for Learning Portuguese
My story of learning Portuguese. I am far from gifted in language acquisition. Heck, I failed Spanish monumentally. Not even just with an F. I got a U; an unclassified….
Diluted Identity
This week I’m suffering from mouth ulcers. I went on a salt and vinegar rampage brought on by a bout of homesickness. I spent days shoveling handfuls of salt and…
10 Low-Effort Ways to Learn a Second Language
Read on if you’re looking for ideas to learn a second language with the least effort possible. Think passive, repetitive and non-time-consuming ways to get a second language into your…
Taco Bell Ruin and 7 Other Lessons from the USA
After one year at the foothills of the Colorado Rockies here are 8 USA lessons and how we learnt them. 1. We ran out of gas We’d never tested…