Grandmas will push you People don’t usually think of little old ladies as physically aggressive. But those people obviously haven’t been to China. Getting off the subway? Chances are an elderly woman is getting on, and she’ll body slam you right out of the way. Waiting in line for something? Watch out – someone’s grandma is probably about to hip check you so that she can literally sprint to the front of the line. It’s[…]
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Paris has a (well-deserved) reputation as one of the more expensive cities in the world. But! It’s more than possible to enjoy cheap food in Paris. Read on to learn some of the best tricks I learned for eating cheap during my year living in Paris on a very tight budget. La Fourchette Lafourchette.fr, (or, if your French isn’t great, thefork.com) is a two-for-one good deal. First, it will let you make reservations at restaurants[…]
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I don’t usually buy things from Instagram ads (actually, I’ve never before bought something from an Instagram ad), but this time the product seemed actually really useful. I kept seeing ads for Vessi 100% waterproof shoes, and eventually, I ordered a pair. And they did not disappoint! Here’s my review of Vessi shoes. (Caveat: I haven’t bought every Vessi shoe in the catalog. Really, this is a Vessi CityScape review!) Why I wanted them: TRAVEL[…]
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If you’re heading to Cusco, you probably know that it’s at high altitude – 11,200 feet, or 3,400 m. Not Mt. Everest-type high, but enough that perhaps 50% of people will feel some altitude sickness symptoms if they arrive in Cusco without spending a few days (or more) at intermediate altitudes to let their bodies acclimatize! So what is altitude sickness? In Cusco, for most people, it’s just a headache — maybe a nasty one[…]
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Once you’ve decided to go to Machu Picchu and bought your permit (do this at least several months in advance, as they sell out!), you just need to figure out how to get there! First, you need to get to Cusco, as all of the transportation options to Machu Picchu start from there. Fortunately, getting to Cusco is easy and cheap – if you are starting from Lima, you can fly in about an hour[…]
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