Travelettes

5 Offbeat Instagram Accounts to Follow

05/18/2020

•••

While I enjoy a sepia-toned beach or clinking cocktails gif as much as the next person, sometimes I can't help but feel a little jaded by The Gram. It's beautiful - really it is - a lot of it anyway. But, as I was supposed was unavoidable, Instagram has become somewhat of an enemy to itself. We see the sick pic, we want to go, we get there are realise th[...]

DIY immunity boosters you can make at home

05/11/2020

Eleni

At Home, Inspiration, tips

•••

Drink extra vitamin C tablets. Eats lots of fruit and vegetables. Exercise. Stay connected with people, even virtually. These are some popular suggestions I have been hearing from people on how to stay healthy during the lockdown but of course, all of them apply also to non-coronavirus days. Alas, these are the situations we are faced with. [...]

Ideas and Tips for The Perfect Staycation

05/10/2020

Tamara

At Home, Inspiration, Travel Tips

•••

Staycations - otherwise known as 'holistays' are what most of us will be doing more of in light of recent events. And yes, I hear you - I'm sure you're pretty over being at home right now. But these staycation ideas will make you feel like you haven't spent the weekend near home at all. Staycations are the perfect excuse to do something fun at home or be [...]

Tips on working from home from people who are already doing it

04/21/2020

Eleni

At Home, Guide

•••

It's everyone's new reality. Working from home. Well, almost everyone yet as the weeks go by and more businesses temporarily close due to the coronavirus outbreak, more people will have to set up a mini home office. Living, sleeping and working in the same space while on lockdown with close to zero social interactions can be rather daunting if you don't g[...]

Travelette cooks - A multi cultural salad bowl

05/31/2018

Tabea

At Home, Food & Drink, Inspiration

•••

Iâ€™ve heard many things about Canada before I moved there. A lot of them were clichÃ©s. Those things people say just to say anything. Some I found to be (somewhat) true, some not at all. A thing that really stuck to my brain from the beginning on was comparing Canada to a salad bowl. A metaphor referring to the American melting pot, that I immediately f[...]

How to keep your home safe when you travel

12/11/2017

Katja

At Home, Guide F, Travel Prep

•••

Spending over a third of the year traveling, I am often away from home for weeks and months at a time. I feel lucky that so far nothing bad has ever happened, but every once in a while I hear stories from friends and acquaintances about robberies and those stories are usually pretty scary. So far I have had to rely on my own optimism and trust that everythin[...]

15 ways to keep that vacation feeling - even if summer is over and you're broke

09/29/2017

guest

At Home, Inspiration

•••

September is here. For most of us this means summer is over, money is nowhere to be found, vacation days are all used and it is time to get back to reality. For me â€“ living in Sweden â€“ this also means the start of a darkness that will end earliest in the end of March. Depressing right? BUT. That travel season is over doesn't need to be the end of ever[...]

Dream away at home: how to have the ultimate staycation

08/22/2017

Tabea

At Home, Inspiration

•••

HOW TO DREAM AWAY AT HOME - 15 STEPS TO YOUR ULTIMATE STAYCATION Itâ€™s that time of the year again. You feel like the auto responses of your friends and colleagues are turning into some real loyal pen pals and your Instagram feed is exploding with happy people on the beach. Unfortunately you arenâ€™t one of them. What a bummer. No need to bury your head[...]

Rediscovering Mexico: When a Mexican Expat moves back Home

02/01/2017

guest

At Home, Mexico, Personal Stories

•••

For the past 8 years, I have lived outside Mexico and travelled to different continents to see â€œthe world out thereâ€. From Europe to South America and the Caribbean, I have seen outstandingly beautiful places and eatenÂ the most exquisite dishes. However, all this time spent abroad grew in me the wish to get to know my own country - a place IÂ barely kne[...]

What Makes me feel at Home in Colorado?

01/16/2017

guest

At Home, Colorado, Personal Stories

•••

Everyone knows that the holidays are typically when you head home. Home means different things to different people; sometimes it doesn't even mean a location, but a group of people. Sometimes it is getting away from people and heading to a place. For me, home has more than one meaning, because I have more than one home. On the one hand it's going to Target w[...]