HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ABROAD AND BEYOND
Today, on the 6th of October, Abroad and Beyond is celebrating its second birthday. It blows my mind to think that this blog, initially a me
NEW ON SITE: SEPTEMBER 2016
Greetings from Amsterdam! It's been a busy month. Abroad and Beyond.net is growing, expanding, and ready to enter its third year of...
WHERE IS THE HAPPINESS? PART I
A couple of weeks days ago, I was working on a translation assignment for a project on urban planning and city development. It reminded me o
WHAT DOES YOUR PASSPORT'S COLOUR MEAN?
Ever wondered when waiting in the passport control queue why people carry different coloured passports? It is no secret that national...
12 BARS WITH A VIEW AROUND THE WORLD
Guilty as charged - I am a sucker for a good drink with a view to match. So wherever I go, I am naturally on a mission to find at least...
FLOWER ETIQUETTE, SUPERSTITIONS, AND 11 OTHER THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT RUSSIA
You don't really understand your homeland and culture until you have lived abroad. It is not so much about comparing two or more places but
NEW IN TOWN: 9 THINGS TO KEEP YOU SANE
There is no better time to move cities, countries or even continents than when you are young, single, and without commitments to...
THE (APPARENT) IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING
Once upon a time, many moons ago, I used to think that seasoned travellers must have a recipe for how to travel right. This recipe would...
TO SMILE OR NOT TO SMILE
The other day I was catching up with a friend of mine who had just come back from Russia. Always exciting to hear about how foreigners...
THE VANILLA CUPCAKES OF WORLD CITIES: NICE BUT DULL
Have you ever been somewhere that is, on a whole, pretty nice, but somehow incredibly boring? It’s like a vanilla cupcake: it’s fine,...
