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  • 8 Biggest Surprises About Israeli Cuisine
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  • 11 Landfill-Bound Items to Nix While Traveling, and Easy Replacements
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  • How to Survive – and THRIVE – as a Vegetarian in Mexico
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    • Extranjera Update

    Extranjera Update: July 2019 (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)

    Extranjera Update: July 2019 (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)

    I held my first-ever retreat and finished my last-ever course for my master’s program.

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    The Best Travel-Related Gifts for Anyone with Wanderlust

    The Best Travel-Related Gifts for Anyone with Wanderlust

    Travel-related gifts are the perfect present choices for any world wanderer (including YOU!). They’re basically guaranteed to stoke wanderlust.

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    Mexico

    Where to Sleep at the Mexico City Airport

    Where to Sleep at the Mexico City Airport

    Have to overnight at the MEX airport? Here are your options.

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    Mexico

    14 Things to Do When It Rains in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: How to Make the Most of Low Season

    14 Things to Do When It Rains in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: How to Make the Most of Low Season

    When the rain does inevitably, eventually fall, even sometimes during the day: have no fear! There’s still so much to do here in Puerto Vallarta when it rains!

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    Mexico

    What You Need to Know About Low Season in Puerto Vallarta

    What You Need to Know About Low Season in Puerto Vallarta

    Debating a visit to Vallarta in low season? Here’s what you need to know!

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    Mexico

    How I Stay Safe in Mexico

    How I Stay Safe in Mexico

    One of the most common questions I get asked about my life in Mexico is how I stay safe.

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    Extranjera Update

    Extranjera Update: June 2019 (Grand Rapids, MI; Oaxaca, Mexico City, & Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)

    Extranjera Update: June 2019 (Grand Rapids, MI; Oaxaca, Mexico City, & Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)

    Grand Rapids, Oaxaca, and Mexico City, this was a month packed with travel, friends, family, and fun!

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    Extranjera Update

    Extranjera Update: May 2019 (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)

    Extranjera Update: May 2019 (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)

    An aMAYzing month in the life of an expat in Mexico.

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    Expat Life

    Extranjera Experience: Community and Connection in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (July 12-14)

    Extranjera Experience: Community and Connection in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (July 12-14)

    We’ll be learning more about ourselves, each other, and this beautiful country we call home.

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    Nicaragua

    10 Top San Juan Del Sur Restaurants for Vegetarians

    10 Top San Juan Del Sur Restaurants for Vegetarians

    San Juan del Sur makes it easy (and delicious) to be a vegetarian traveling in Nicaragua!

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