I went to Turkey expecting to love the food. I did not expect some of my favorite meals to happen completely by accident. Of course, there were things I already knew I wanted to try: Turkish breakfast, pide, Adana kebab, Turkish coffee and of course Turkish tea. But after traveling through Cappadocia, road-tripping from Cappadocia toward Antalya then İzmir and eventually ending up in Istanbul,…

Some of my favorite lunches are the ones that don’t really require a recipe. This chicken avocado bowl started as one of those meals I threw together with ingredients I already had in the fridge, and it’s since become one of my favorite quick lunches. It’s creamy from the avocado and cottage cheese, has extra protein from the chicken and boiled egg, and then gets…

I’ve been to Tulum three or four times now, but my last trip looked completely different from the others. Instead of coming for a few days of beaches, tacos and vacation mode, I booked a two-bedroom apartment in Aldea Zama from mid July through the end of August and stayed for six weeks. I went down alone, worked remotely during the week and had different…

If I were organizing our favorite experiences into a two-day itinerary, this is how I’d structure it to make the most of a short visit. This isn’t the exact order we followed during our trip, but it’s a practical way to group many of the places we enjoyed. Day 1: Historic Istanbul, Turkish Breakfast and the Grand Bazaar Morning: Breakfast and Hagia Sophia Start your…

Switzerland has a slight problem. Almost everything looks incredible on Instagram. Turquoise lakes. Waterfalls. Mountain villages. Cable cars disappearing into the Alps. But when you’re actually planning a trip, you eventually need to know: What’s genuinely worth your limited time? After spending three days hiking and road-tripping through the Bernese Oberland, there were places I’d happily revisit tomorrow — and others that I’m glad I…

There are certain places I visit because they’re beautiful, others because of the food, and then there are places I need to see simply because I’ve watched way too many episodes of Ancient Aliens. Derinkuyu Underground City was definitely the latter. During our road trip through Turkey, we rented a car and drove from Göreme to Derinkuyu before continuing on toward Antalya. I’d already heard…