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Why I’m an Apartment Rental Convert Thanks to Roomorama

Posted on 17. May, 2012 by Steph.

I’ve changed. Over the past seven months in South America I’ve changed quite a bit as a traveling. I’ve been taking a quality of quantity approach, traveling slower and more thoughtfully. As a result some of my old habits aren’t quite cutting it anymore. One of the biggest things I’ve done on this trip that [...]

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Never Trust Anyone Over 30 (Except Me)

Posted on 01. May, 2012 by Guest Poster.

Once in awhile I get a guest post submission about travel on the “other side of 30.” As much as I’d like to believe that my twenties will last forever, I know they won’t. So I’ll take any advice I can get. Travel teaches strange lessons. For example: Don’t purchase (and drink) Arak poured out [...]

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How Travel Makes Your Relationship Stronger (If You Survive)

Posted on 17. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

Travel: whether is be a week long vacation or a year long trip is a major test of any kind of relationship: romantic, familial, friendly. There is nothing quite like spending 24 hours a day with another person while you battle hardships, unexpected curveballs, weird bugs and well, each other, day after day. This is [...]

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The Rules of Mate

Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by Steph.

If there’s one practice that sums up everything that sets Argentina apart culturally from Europe, it’s mate. While Argentinean culture takes a lot from the motherland- a love of coffee, gelato and pizza for starters, the consumption of mate (pronounced mah-tay) is uniquely South American. What is mate? I’d never heard of the stuff before [...]

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Travel Talk Ep. 2: Hostel Tips from Travelers

Posted on 05. Jan, 2012 by Steph.

It’s time for the second episode of our sporadic travel show: Travel Talk with Mike and Stephanie! This time we were in Quito, Ecuador and wanted to show the truth about hostels. We even got some of our new friends to play along. Transcript below: Michael: Hi, welcome to Travel Talk with Mike and Stephanie. [...]

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Manage Your Travel Money Without Going Insane

Posted on 08. Nov, 2011 by Steph.

When you are traveling long distances on little money, it’s really important to develop a system for managing and conserving your money. Unfortunately for me, I’ve never been very great at budgeting. Back in my old life I was vaguely aware of the amount of money I had in my account, and as long as [...]

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Move Less, See More

Posted on 06. Nov, 2011 by Steph.

A lot of things about travel are counter-intuitive: when you travel alone you meet more people, when you spend less money you experience more and the more hidden, dingy and local a restaurant looks, the better the food is guaranteed to be. The hardest travel paradox for most people to grasp though is that the [...]

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The Art of Spanish Under Immersion

Posted on 03. Nov, 2011 by Guest Poster.

More Spanish learning advice by someone who has been a bit more successful than me: Ever since I first set eyes on Steph’s lofty language learning challenge a few weeks back I’ve been following with bated British breath. Just why would she undertake such punishment? What kind of flagrant masochist – with a penchant for Spanish suffering [...]

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Speak Right Now: An Interview with Benny Lewis of Fluent in 3 Months

Posted on 23. Oct, 2011 by Steph.

The Spanish Language Challenge Part Three! I have always thought of myself as kind of a language dummy. I’ve had roughly 6 years of formal language education (4 in Spanish, 2 in Italian) and nothing has ever stuck. I started to think it just wasn’t possible. When I first met Benny Lewis, who is known [...]

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