When booking a hotel online, we most of the time take for granted that what we see on the pictures is what we are going to see upon arriving. Most of the time they meet our expectations, but on some occasions they don’t – and sometimes things can go unexpectedly wrong. That’s exactly what today’s article is going to be about: hotels of nightmares and what happened for me to…
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All the places I travelled to in 24 years of life | Reverse Bucket List
Read moreToday, on 9th of April, I’m celebrating my 24th birthday! In the eyes of this occasion, I have decided to post an article completely different from the ones you can usually read on here. My passion for travelling has been transferred to my bloodstream by my mom at birth (she has visited many continents and countries on her own, and started taking me along on various journeys from the 1st…
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Cruising during a pandemic | Passenger’s Confession
Read moreHave you ever thought about what it would be like to go on a cruise during a global pandemic? I am a cruise addict and was already onboard cruise ships for 164 days since 2012. My husband and I already had 4 cancellations in 2020, when the german cruise line TUI Cruises (50% owned by Royal Caribbean) announced in August 2020 that they will set sail from Crete, Greece beginning…
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Selfie Museums: The modern day phenomenon
Read moreAt this point, it’s safe to call the latest decade an era of Instagram. The past 10 years have been significantly influenced, with no way of return, by what initially appeared to be a simple startup and later became the most well known social media with over 854.5 MILLION users. A simple photo-sharing app gave birth to ideas that transpired to our language (the word “instagrammable”, used as an equivalent…
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Wife on board: Life as a Cruise Ship Officer’s Wife
Read moreENG | PL Have you ever thought about what it would be like to live on a cruise ship? Seeing exotic places, smelling that sea air, and walking on deck at sunset every day? Well, welcome to my life – at least some of the time. I am what is known as a “Wife On Board” or sometimes referred to as a Designated-Travel-Companion. My husband is an engineering officer onboard…
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Revealing shocking hotel secrets (1 month stay)
Read moreENG | PL Yes, you read it right: I lived in a hotel for a full month! I basically made it my home and even arranged my shelves with nice decorations (I’m kidding, I used shoes for it), but what’s the most important thing about this was that I have learned some secrets that hotels are trying to hide and that we don’t even realize! Some of them are really…
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My experience with flying during pandemic
Read moreENG | PL The current situation regarding the coronavirus pandemic influence on travel is very dynamic – no wonder that 2 of my flights with the same airline within 3 weeks looked very different. While in my humble opinion, some of the airlines & airports are managing the whole situation in a somewhat organized manner, some of the procedures or rules that are being implemented do not really make sense.…
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Hard truth about moving to a different country
Read moreENG | PL Moving to a different country for the first time is a big deal. No matter how much do you think you want to leave your country and how ready you think you are, there are some things worth knowing before you make the move. I moved to Italy to live there when I was 19 years old. It was an easy decision -> the dream of living…
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95 Replicas of Famous Landmarks
Read moreENG | PL Historical monuments are epic, let’s agree on that. They have a whole story behind them, adding up to their touristic value & making people obsess over visiting them. As a result, there are millions of people visiting the most famous monuments, cities like Rome or Venice, making it impossible to see the architectural gems in peace. But what majority of the people don’t know is that.. these…
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Poland from a foreigner’s point of view
Read moreENG | PL Today’s post is going to be quite different from what you can usually see on our blog. I think most of us who travel at some point ask themselves a question of how does a foreigner actually see our own country. Well, I asked myself the same. Not long ago, my boyfriend have visited Poland for the first time and I took this opportunity to hold a…