Guest post by dzr1107 My brother and I decided on a whim to visit Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley, California. We did absolutely no planning, other than my quick check on Google Maps to make sure he wasn’t totally insane. It turns out Napa is only a little over an hour from Berkeley (and an hour and a half from San Francisco – going over the Golden Gate, with no...
Guest post by espencer Stayed downtown at the Hilton for the first couple of nights for work, was nice to be able to walk everywhere. They had a shuttle from the airport, but it’s about a 25 minute drive to get downtown if you’re getting a taxi or taking a bus (closer to an hour). Then we got an Airbnb right on the bus line about 10-15 minutes away to downtown. The...
Guest post by liz We have family that lives in Romania so we’ve been there a few times. If you’ll be driving, they don’t have a lot of freeways and people are pretty medium-reckless. Very few stoplights, can be challenging if you’re not used to roundabouts. Cabs are easy and very cheap so you can get around that way or use the bus as well. We usually fly into Cluj...
Guest post by lbajda We flew in to La Paz, which is almost at 12,000 feet. One in our group got sick, and lot of people struggle with the elevation, so try to be prepared for that. I felt dizzy but nothing too bad. We got high altitude sickness pills, but those didn’t work for everyone. We went to Carmen Pampa, a 3 hour drive from La Paz. We worked at Unidad...
Guest post by goldengardner Oaxaca is a beautiful city – lots of open-air markets, beautiful churches, great food and art. Everything in town is walking distance. There are lots of options for excursions in every direction around the area, and you basically go where the market happens to be that day. One day a week the people form the mountain villages come down and...
We traveled to Rome, Italy in February 2022. There are so many things to consider and research that it might not seem worth traveling internationally (or at all) when COVID is a factor. However, if you feel safe traveling and don’t mind the extra homework, an international trip could not only be possible but fully enjoyable. All the extra work to make this trip...