While I know I'm in a very lucky position here in Norway, this period of isolation has been hard. Over the weekend I video chatted with two of my friends in the US, and after discussing one's wedding plans and watching the other's baby crawl all over her I had to abruptly hang up ...
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27 Unique Things to Do in Mallorca Away from the Resorts
Updated April 2020 I'll be honest, I was quite skeptical about booking a holiday to Mallorca. In fact, the only reason I agreed to visit Mallorca was that Dan really wanted to a beach holiday but was only able to get time off in May, and most of the other inexpensive beach ...
The 7 Prettiest Beaches in Mallorca
Updated April 2020 After my last monster post about non-resorty things to do in Mallorca, I thought maybe I should offer some lighter Mallorca reading as well. Because yeah, yeah, it's great to explore new places and all that, but really what I mostly wanted to do on Mallorca ...
12 Languages Later, My Best Tips for Learning a Foreign Language
Updated March 2020 Uh... yeah, I just counted how many foreign languages I've studied so far in my life and it's been twelve! Though in defense of the version of me that isn't 100% nerd, I only studied about seven of those languages with any real intensity or ...
How I Found Help Through a Difficult Time
This post is not sponsored by BetterHelp, but they did offer a discount code for my readers. Sign up for BetterHelp through this link (or enter the BetterHelp promo code "heartmybackpack" at checkout) to get 10% off your first month of online counseling. We're in strange times, ...