Life Beyond the Resort
For many first-time travelers, the resort feels like a safety net. After all, it’s a carefully curated ecosystem where the local culture is distilled into a loosely drawn sketch, ensuring…
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Food + Culture
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What to eat, drink, and see
How Halloween in Ireland Sparked a Global Legacy
Trick-or-treating, dressing in scary costumes, telling ghost stories—these familiar Halloween rituals trace their origins back thousands of years, long before the era of cheap plastic Dracula masks and over-the-top inflatable…
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Living Between Continents, Cultures, and Contradictions
Growing up in Turkey, you learn what it means to live life between borders—not always by desire, but often by obligation. It’s a place that gets described, lazily and often,…
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For the Love of Portuguese Food
Ask the Portuguese about their gastronomy, and you’ll hear a resounding response that it’s the best food in the world. Regardless of where you rank Portuguese cuisine on the global…
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Mexican Eating Habits
Reforma did a national “encuesta” (survey) of Mexican eating habits in May, and here are some of their results. If you’re headed south of the border, you might be wondering…
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A Tour Through Madrid’s Sizzling Dining Scene
Most people think of Madrid for its rich history and cultural attractions. A day out and about in the city is like being in an open-air museum. Everywhere you walk…
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The Ghost of Kyiv
For most of 2023, my bedroom window looked out onto a 30-foot-tall, blue-gray mural of the heroic Ghost of Kyiv. Word of the flying ace’s exploits spread like wildfire in…
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Eating Istanbul
On a sweltering July afternoon in the heart of Istanbul’s old city, groups of men huddle around colored plastic tables in the shade of the Aqueduct of Valens, an imposing,…
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Thinking of Becoming a Digital Nomad? Here’s Some Food for Thought
A digital nomad, in the simplest of terms, is a professional who utilizes the power of technology to perform their work from virtually anywhere, embracing a location-independent lifestyle. With a…
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Garifuna Food in Belize at the Garifuna Restaurant in San Pedro
It was quiet when we arrived at the Garifuna Black & White Restaurant in San Pedro. The day was rainy, and some showers had just passed. More was to come.…
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