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Angie Brocato has your dream job. She’s a pet sitter, but with a crazy twist. She travels around Europe, working from her computer, all the...

It’s not the point of traveling is the simple answer, and whether you’re well-traveled or not, it generally makes you come off poorly; either “holier...

Dear Shut Up and Go Family, I’m sure you’re wondering why the heck I started this article as if I’m writing you a letter. Truth is,...

I felt something different in Cairo. I felt home. I bring home everywhere with me, but I felt extra at home here. I’m not Egyptian;...

My second year at uni has almost come to an end, and what have I accomplished? Aside from my life-changing solo trip to Prague in...

I don’t need to tell you what a special country Italy is. I’ve told you before, many times, and it is the awe of people...

We all have dreams of Shutting Up and Going for weeks and months on end – but that’s not always possible. With jobs and university...

“You look Egyptian but sound like a tourist.” – every local I met in Egypt. While stressing over finals in my last semester of university, I...

In the months before coming to Senegal, the thing I searched for the most was clarity. Clarity within myself, clarity in what the heck I...

“You’ve never been to Stonehenge?! How, when it’s right there??” This was just one of a few surprised statements I’d come to expect of my...

Long weekends are for catching flights, and that’s exactly what I did this past Valentine’s day weekend. Thanks to my ever obsessive search for cheap...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: time to get home to the fam from wherever you’ve been working/studying/travelling. Back to your hometown, ready...