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4 Easy Day Trips from Bologna
Day trips from Bologna are almost too easy. This city makes an ideal base for exploring the treasures of Emilia-Romagna and beyond. During our month-long stay, we took side trips to Modena, Ravenna, Mantova, and Verona. We visited Modena alone three times. Not on purpose, and not our best planning. Each town offers its own distinct charm, history, and incredible…
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Stay Awhile in Bologna: Tower Living in the City of Towers
This is the story of our month-long Stay Awhile stay in Bologna. For our guide to all the things to see, do, and especially eat in Bologna, click here. Photo cred to Sheri, who shared this from her Dolomites Backroads trip (note we have definitely accidentally killed a few Italians in our time) Arriving in Italy put a bounce in…
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Wandering Bologna: A Complete Guide
Bologna: A Complete Guide. Our month in Bologna had as many layers as mamma’s lasagna—and we’re here to share every delicious bite. From iconic towers and bustling markets to scenic side trips. You don’t need a whole month to fall for Bologna. But we won’t lie, having the chance to slowly uncover this city was pretty sweet. Want the full…
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Three Packed Days in Granada
One of the reasons we picked Madrid as a place to live for a month was so we could hop down to Granada to visit our niece, Emma, who was deep into her semester abroad (and fluent in tapas and late-night clubbing by then). We hopped the three-hour train south for a long weekend, and she delivered 3 packed days…
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Nomads in Madrid: One Blackout, Two Flat Whites, and a Siesta
Here you will find the story of our month-long stay as modern nomads in Madrid. For a guide to all the things to do in Madrid, visit our post here (coming soon). Fitness as nomads in Madrid Having just wrapped up our last cycling class in a Spanish-speaking country, it feels like the right time to reflect on the absolute…
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The Mexico City Edit: 7 Perfect Days
If you’re looking for the backstory behind our month-long stay in Mexico City, start with Part One of our CDMX series. But if you’re here for a curated Mexico City travel guide—seven perfect, mix-and-match days in one of the world’s most dynamic cities—you’re in the right place. We were lucky enough to spend a month exploring Mexico City as modern…
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Mexico City is Not the Mexico of Your Beach Vacation
This Mexico City nomad story shares the story of our month-long experience living in the heart of CDMX. Unlike Mexico’s famous beach destinations, Mexico City offers a cultural immersion that surprised and delighted us at every turn. Mexico City was the city we were most excited to spend a month in during our modern nomad year. With work keeping us…
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NYC – A Season in the City That Never Sleeps
After incredible months soaking up the mountain air in Lake Tahoe, biking along Amsterdam’s canals, and beaching in Nantucket, we landed in the Big Apple for three exhilarating, exhausting, and entirely worth-it months. Fall was a perfect season to be in NYC, the city that never sleeps. NYC is woven into our DNA. It’s where we both moved after college,…
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NYC: Wanders Below Midtown
In our first NYC post, we shared the story—why we came, what we loved, and how we somehow survived three months of nonstop motion. But the real heart of our time in New York was in the wandering. No agenda, no appointments, just laced-up sneakers and curiosity leading the way. Below we share a few perfect days spent in NYC,…
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NYC: Elsewhere Wanders (Uptown, Brooklyn+)
In our first NYC post, we told the story of how we ended up back in the Big Apple for three months. Post #2 offered up our favorite downtown wanders. And while we did spend most of our time below 23rd Street, there are plenty of reasons to head north (or east… or way out to Brooklyn) when the mood…
