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2022 was the Year That Substack Saved my Life

London at Christmas: Grading the Holiday Displays!

Hogwarts in the Snow... is a Total Snow Job

Sinterklaas Came to Town — and He Carried a Lot of Baggage Along with his Bag of Toys

The "Art Nouveau" Neighborhood in Antwerp, Belgium, Should be More Famous Than it Is

Which Country Makes the Best French Fries?

Relationship Advice for Straight Couples from a Long-Term Gay Couple

DEBATE: Is Legal Prostitution Liberating? Or Exploitative?

Substack Has a New Feature We Think You'll Like

Efteling Amusement Park in the Netherlands is Everything Disney Used to Be

Seven Surprising Things About the Netherlands

What You May Have Missed Lately

All Around The World, People Love Their Children

Travel Tips for Italy's Cinque Terre (From a Guy Who Loves Bargains and Hates Crowds)

I Accidentally Conducted a Social Media Experiment on Myself. I Really Like the Results.

Overtourism is Bad. But Tourism Helped Save Italy's Cinque Terre.

Seven Surprising Things About Italy's Cinque Terre

Is a Week in an Italian Villa as Romantic as it Sounds?

You Should Travel to Central and Eastern Europe (Part 2 of 2)

You Should Travel to Eastern Europe (Part 1 of 2)

The Terrifying Travel Curses of Brent and Michael

The Guest House

What Makes a Good Musuem? Plus, Substack is Now on Android

For the Love of Red Peppers

Why the #$!@%! Would Anyone Become a Nomad?

DEBATE: Should You "Challenge" Yourself While Traveling?

A Letter to My Young European Friends Who Smoke

Brent and Michael's Secret Travel Hacks, Part 7

Seven Surprising Things About Ohrid, North Macedonia

Is Genki a Good Health Insurance Option for Nomads and Long-Term Travelers?

What Would the Jurassic Park Ride be Like Without Cheesy Robotic Dinosaurs?

What's the Best Way for a Travel Writer to Cover a Place They Didn't Like?

Seven Surprising Things About Belgrade (and Serbia)

Horoom Nights: Pride, Freedom — and Sex — in Tbilisi, Georgia

Ohrid, North Macedonia: Another Fantastic Place We'd Barely Even *Heard* of Before Living Here

Is Rotisserie Chicken the Perfect Food?

The Thrill (and Occasional Disappointment) of Movie-Location Tourism

Kelton Wright Moved to a Cabin in the Mountains (and Now She Can't Stop Breaking Her Teeth)

That Time I Got Drunk At a Serbian Winery

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Green Moss

Weird Travel Facts! Central Europe Edition

What the Great Duvet/Top Sheet Debate Says About the Generational Divide

Rafting the Coldest River In The World

The Shocking Thing I Found Inside a Turkish Hammam

Is the Airbnb Backlash Fair?

Sarajevo is a Great Place to Visit (But a Lot of Locals Don't Want to Live There)

DEBATE: Has Travel Changed Our Feelings About Islam?

I Finally Made Bosnian Coffee!

That Time Our Apartment in Bulgaria Caught on Fire

The Tragedy of Sarajevo's Olympic Triumph

Our Nomad Journey So Far!

Tito's Bunker and the Joy of Travel Off the Beaten Path

Seven Surprising Things About Sarajevo

Brent and Michael's Secret Travel Hacks, Part 6: Pickpocket and Scam Edition!

Sarajevo's Weird, Wonderful Abandoned Olympic Bobsleigh Run

How One Couple Saved Over $34,000 with Medical Tourism

Medical Tourism Livechat with Tom and Georganna

Introducing New Features!

Can We Please Stop with All the Nomad Hate?

Lake Como by Ferry, Foot, and Funicular!

We're a Gay Couple That Had to Get Married Five Times

My Flight Over Lake Como in a Friend's Floatplane was AWESOME

Is Life Really Better After FIRE?

Seven Surprising Things About Lake Como, Italy

How Did the Aperol Spritz Take Over the World?

People Watching Around the World

America Needs to Stop Its Insane Tipping Practices

DEBATE: When it Comes to Food, Which is Better, Tradition or Innovation?

The Secrets of Picking the Best Gelato

What Makes 80s Music and Movies So Appealing?

Brent and Michael's Secret Travel Hacks, Part 5!

Seven Surprising Things About Athens, Greece

Tips From An Amateur Photographer

Deep In The Heart Of Texas...Are Some Amazing Wildflowers

Travel Writer Blamed For Major Athens Olive Shortage

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Graffiti. Kind of.

Madonna vs. Cyndi Lauper: What Their Careers Taught Me About Art

DEBATE: Which is Better, Ice Cream in a Cone or Ice Cream in a Cup?

Our Newsletter is One Year Old!

The Seventy-Two Hour Rule

The Rain In Spain Doesn't Always Stay Mainly in the Plain

How Our Romantic Night on the Train to Budapest Almost Went Off the Rails

Weird Travel Facts!

Are People More Alike Than We Are Different?

We Have a New Corporate Sponsor!

The Worst Part of Traveling While Gay

Brent and Michael's Favorite Travel Movies

Welcome to Seattle, Young Man

I'm Done with Disney

We Were Briefly Back in America. Here's Everything We Had to Do.

Am I Addicted to Travel?

Fifty-Seven Days on a Cruise Ship

The Croatian Fish Market: The Fish Speak!

We've Decided Where We're Going Next!

It's a Lot Easier to Make Friends Outside of America

Everything You Wanted to Know About Nomading (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Six Reasons You Should Go to Split, Croatia

America is Very Fat — and the Rest of the World is Getting Fatter Too. Does It Matter?

Magical, Moving Mostar

The Worst Person in the World Led to the Best Decision of My Life

DEBATE: Do Americans Value "Life" More than Living?

Varoš: The Tiny Croatian Neighborhood That Taught Me A Big Lesson

Our Finances! How Are We Able to Afford a Life of Continuous Travel?

What Wind Is So Powerful It Knocks Down Wind Turbines — and Also Makes Cheese?

Please Stop Saying Civil War is Inevitable in the United States

Happy Nomadiversary to Us!

Brent and Michael's Secret Travel Hacks, Part 4!

The Magic of One Great Food

DEBATE: How Can You Be Happy When the World is Melting Down?

Cruise Lines Are Currently Offering Some Incredible Deals

If This Is Dalmatia, Where Are All the Dalmatians?

Brent and Michael's Guide to Travel in the Off Season

The "Chosen Family" Isn't All It's Cracked Up to Be

DEBATE: Where Should We Go This Year?