Amy TjasinkNov 21, 20229 min(What turned into) Three weeks in Portugal, Pt. 1I’ve never thought of myself as a particularly spontaneous person. It’s one of the reasons I put off travelling for so many years: every...
Amy TjasinkAug 17, 202214 minA birthday in Umbria, ItalyThe big days are the most difficult. That’s something you learn pretty quickly when you move abroad. All of the first ‘big days’ that I...
Amy TjasinkAug 11, 20227 minA weekend in Vienna, AustriaIt would be fair to say that my long weekend trip to Vienna got off to a rocky start. In fact, that’s putting it gently. Being my first...
Amy TjasinkJul 9, 20226 minThe good, the bad, and the downright fascinating: Budapest at a glance, part IIIn my previous post, “The good, the bad, and the downright fascinating: Budapest at a glance, Part I”, I disclosed just a few of the...
Amy TjasinkJul 7, 20225 minThe good, the bad, and the downright fascinating: Budapest at a glance, part IWe all know that no city, region or country in the world is perfect – a fact that seems to become more and more glaringly obvious as the...
Amy TjasinkJun 11, 20223 minLost in TranslationLiving in Europe gives you access to a buffet of languages to learn. The hard part is...actually learning them.
Amy TjasinkJun 10, 20225 minA South African walks into Budapest...I’ve always wanted to travel, for as long as I can remember. Still, it wasn’t enough for me to really give it my all in overcoming some...