Author: Hajer

Friendly reminder: Don’t forget to also protect your mental and emotional space and health. ♥️ - It might be easy to think that this epidemic is solely a physical threat to you and your loved ones... so yes, you are doing ALL you can to take care of yourself and your family and your community.… Continue reading Friendly reminder… →

Almost 11 months since I decided to go out on a limb and shift gears.?What a journey.✨ Last year this time, I was planning, packing, praying. Anxious of what I am leaving behind yet excited to the possibilities of...something. And still, everything, every single thing, felt so mysterious. Even though I planned and researched as… Continue reading What a journey →

We took a bus from Roma to get to Napoli. It took about 3 hours. It was a completely different world, a different city. When we arrived at our AirBnB, we met our host, a big muscular guy named Stephano. He looked and walked like a bouncer. He showed us around the apartment, speaking in… Continue reading Napoli →

There’s something almost sacrilegious and yet, strangely beautiful, about the simple fact that some of the richest/ most luxurious places we’ve been to in the world are religious buildings — whether it’s a church/temple/mosque/shrine/synagogue/monastery/etc (did I miss a religious building? Please tell me!) -Does this phenomenon speak of human selfishness / greed or does it… Continue reading Buildings →

When we were still in CT, one of the shows Nick and I really loved was Medici (Netflix). So when we got to Firenze — okay, that’s Florence for non-Italians like me...but since I’ve pledge allegiance to cappuccinos and supplis and arancinis and cacio e pepe and eating slowly...well, you never know...Lol. But I digress.… Continue reading Investing Like a Medici →

There’s a classic Filipino song / jingle we were taught as a kid: “Magtanim ay di biro ( Planting is no joke)Maghapong nakayuko (Bent all day long )Di man lang makaupo ( You can’t really sit)Di man lang makatayo ( You can’t really stand)”It goes on to sing about the many, many body aches you… Continue reading Planting is No Joke →

Last May, we drove from Madrid to Bilbao and stopped by La Rioja for a night. It took about 4 hours to get there. We stayed in Fuenmayor, a small town close to a lot of vineyards which the La Rioja region is known for. Our Airbnb host met us in an almost empty apartment… Continue reading Country – City →