Language Learning

The 10 Best Language Learning Apps

People use mobile apps every day for a variety of purposes. Those apps can be entertaining, assisting, work-related, just useful, or even vital for one’s life. They also can help one to broaden...

Antalya is Çok Güzel (Very Beautiful!)

In Turkish, "çok güzel" means "very beautiful." It's an expression of enthusiasm used to admire beautiful things, beautiful people and beautiful actions. At night, Antalya's old town casts a...

Learn Catalan Before Your Trip to Barcelona

We are standing in front of the Barcelona’s La Seu cathedral in the Ciutat Vella (old city) of Barcelona. It is Easter Sunday. Less than a half an hour earlier, I drag my teenage daughter from her...

In Vietnamese, Everyone is Family

When I traveled to Vietnam, I found myself having the same conversation with the different people I met throughout my trip. It made me realize that you really only need to have a few phrases...

Solo female travel in Jordan

At the young age of 18, I embarked on a journey to Amman, Jordan to study Arabic. In Jordan, I lived with a homestay family. They spoke maybe 3 or 4 words of English and although I knew some Arabic...