People ask me this all the time. Friends, followers, strangers in hostel common rooms: where should I go first? And every time, I want to give them a real answer — not a list of the world's most Instagrammed places, not a roundup of "hidden gems" that are anything but...
When I was a little girl, I used to make dresses for my dolls. Not buy them — make them, from whatever fabric scraps I could find. I had strong opinions about what looked right and what didn't, even then. That instinct never left me, though it shifted somewhere along...
I have never driven a car. Not once. I've never sat in the driver's seat, never touched a steering wheel, never parallel parked or stalled in traffic. And yet I've stood in front of a Ferrari at Motorworld in Cologne with my heart doing something strange, and I've...
Warsaw had always been my layover city. Every time I flew to Europe or the US, I'd pass through Chopin Airport, walk through the terminal, board the next flight, and think I should actually stop here one day. Then a canceled flight made the decision for me. I rebooked...
There is something about Frida Kahlo that refuses to stay inside a museum. You encounter her on street murals in Mexico City, on hotel walls in Tbilisi, on the menus of cafes named after her in cities she never set foot in. More than 70 years after her death, the...
What transforms an ordinary trip into an unforgettable, life-changing experience? It's that moment when you stand beneath the dancing Northern Lights, feeling infinitely small yet deeply connected to the universe. It's the rush of adrenaline as you leap from a plane...
My first train experience abroad was in Amsterdam in 2018. I bought a ticket at Schiphol, rode into Amsterdam Centraal, and walked confidently toward the exit—until the barriers wouldn't let me through. Turns out, the Netherlands uses a tap-in, tap-out system. A kind...
Morocco surprised me with its extremes: it has Africa's first high-speed train that competes with European rail standards, yet I also took one of the most uncomfortable train journeys of my entire travel life on a regional second-class service. After taking four...
I've always been drawn to Van Gogh—not just for the swirling skies and vibrant sunflowers that everyone knows, but for his letters. Reading his correspondence to Theo, fellow artists, and friends, I discovered the man behind the paintings: vulnerable, passionate, and...