Summers can be brutal in Tbilisi. It can easily get to the upper 30s (that’s around 100 in Americanese) and it has a touch of humidity or smog or whatever unregulated thing is hanging in the air, crea...

Belgian National Day, celebrated annually on July 21, is a vibrant public holiday marked by parades, family fairs, and either fireworks, a light show, or both. The date itself though holds a specific ...

Of course, I told my kid, the trolls need screws in their wood to keep their skin together...

YouTube video by Truth

YouTube video by A Facetious Guide

One of my favorite holidays in Belgium was their National Day. It starts with a parade and children’s fair and ends with the Cinquantenaire turning into a giant beer garden with fireworks banging on o...

Walking through the Old Town in Prague, you’re in for an enrapturing experience. The old Baroque architecture, the winding alleys, the brutal crowds of gaping tourists. And this weekend on Sunday, whe...

YouTube video by A Facetious Guide

The street food vendors can be somewhat of a mystery. But they can also serve the best khatchapuri and lobiani in town. Read the blog to learn what to order.

When sun hits Brussels, find the best guinguettes. Your guide to the city's pop-up park bars for summer, from their history to finding a perfect Belgian beer.

Explore Tbilisi at your own pace with self-guided audio tours by insightful local storytellers, including journalists, filmmakers, podcasters and tour guides. All you need is VoiceMap's audio tour app...

Moving to Tbilisi? These are my top 5 things you need to know before you go.

For one weekend only, from May 30th to June 1st, the monumental Cinquantenaire Park takes everyone back to the medieval times with the Marche Medieval (medieval market). Neo-folk musicians, beer stand...

Light shines through the window openings inside, illuminating the drifting dust particles; one monk-priest chants while another sits quietly, observing people dropping coins into a small box and takin...

Life in Tbilisi! Empty flats, toddler chaos & coin-operated lifts?! Read our (mis)adventures adjusting to Georgia.

Leaving a city for good leaves one with all kinds of feelings. Here we dive into leaving Brussels, the process and the feels.

Comparing Prague and Brussels. Which was better to live in? To visit? I've got your answers here.

The kid roared. And our own senses of shame and embarrassment were growing by the second. What causes a tantrum and how to deal with it.

A visit to the 101st Airborne Museum in Bastogne is a true experience of the senses. From life-sized dioramas to a bombing simulator.

YouTube video by A Facetious Guide

Of course, I told my kid, the trolls need screws in their wood to keep their skin together...

A hilarious account of a travel meltdown at Istanbul Airport, where a "family-friendly" design almost derailed our vacation.

When we came back from this latest trip, I thought I had mastered jetlag. I had ultimately abandoned all of my well-thought out strategies to handle the condition, tossing them out of the unsurprising...

Over the Christmas holidays, we hit the planes and trails again, flying across the ocean with our 5-year-old and landing at my folks home in a mountain town in Colorado. For those of you who don't kno...

Lysa Hora: A horror short story (Short horror) - Kindle edition by Basey, Shawn. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Lysa Hora: A horror short story (Short horror).

Lysa Hora: A horror short story - Kindle edition by Basey, Shawn. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Lysa Hora: A horror short story.

In the Conclusions on Enlargement issued on December 17 the EU General Affairs Council, while reaffirming its "full and unequivocal commitment" to the EU membership perspective of the Western Balkans,...