life stories

We all know the feeling. You’ve been looking forward to this trip for MONTHS. You’ve been counting down the days, booking the flights, sending this...

Two weeks after I graduated from high school, I packed a few items into my 50L backpack and booked a one-way flight ticket to Amsterdam....

Every Monday during our Shut Up and Go team calls, we gush over how brilliant this damn community is. We receive heart-warming messages about travelers...

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...

I still get so excited when post comes through my letterbox. I’ll run down the stairs imagining that I’m receiving a love letter from someone...

My whole life has been centered around two things: school and upholding expectations set by my deeply Habesha family. Growing up as the oldest of...

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;...

I’m a real romantic, and I’m not one bit ashamed about it. I’m not romantic in the borrrrrring typical rom-com way though… where every single...

Apps are great, shows with subtitles are bomb, and Spotify playlists are a godsend. But when it comes to languages, nothing beats having an actual...

I saw the movie Memoirs of a Geisha a few plane rides ago. Wanting to learn something about the city and the culture I would soon be...

In a very un-me fashion, after being single for a while (not forgetting all the men I’d fallen hard for on holiday, in class and...