by Jan Sevilla | Sep 2, 2023 | HOTELS
by Jan Sevilla | Aug 8, 2023 | AROUND THE WORLD
In travel, there is foreignness and familiarity. It’s like flipping a coin, you get one or the other. The most fascinating part? The sense of wonder and surprise. Every so often, when the occasion arises, I would find myself traveling to one of my...
by Jan Sevilla | Jun 28, 2023 | AROUND THE WORLD
If old dogs can learn new tricks, what are the chances of an aging Asian auntie learning to speak a foreign language? By the time I reached the part where a woman starts to lie about her age, I decided to return to school. I have moved to Spain with one...
by Jan Sevilla | May 16, 2023 | HOTELS
by Jan Sevilla | May 1, 2023 | ESCAPES
Vienna was Freud’s perfect place for his theories on the human psyche. Austria’s pulsating capital can also be every traveler’s waking dream and art aficionado’s nirvana. Tucked away in Vienna’s creative Neubau district, this...
by Jan Sevilla | Apr 3, 2023 | AROUND THE WORLD
Throw a cat in the air, it will always land on its feet. But what happens when a cat lands on water? I’m that cat in the water. I’ve realized since moving to Spain, no amount of freestyle will keep me afloat when learning the language. Turns out, it requires steeling...
by Jan Sevilla | Dec 9, 2022 | HOTELS
by Jan Sevilla | Nov 12, 2022 | AROUND THE WORLD
Love it or loathe it, Malate is a kind of place that lives up to its legendary reputation and the best way to know it is to embrace it. If you want to understand Manila — not the skyline, but the soul — you begin here. This travel guide on Malate will...
by Jan Sevilla | Jul 12, 2022 | EVERYTHING'S CONSIDERED
Travel Hack 101 – know a city and make it fall in love with you. How to know a city? Let me count the ways. There are only two things that one should always remember. FIRST is to learn about the destination. SECOND is to forget about the first. It takes a...
by Jan Sevilla | May 31, 2022 | AROUND THE WORLD
What can a landscape teach a traveler? In Andalusia, it’s as simple as living like a local and embracing its transportive landscape. To live in southern Spain on the coast of Andalusia – where the occasional sand laden wind blows, is to embrace la calima....
by Jan Sevilla | May 7, 2022 | HOTELS
by Jan Sevilla | Apr 5, 2022 | ESCAPES
In Madeira, Quintas are becoming the new cultural touchstones and enduring icons that define Portuguese hospitality. Tucked away in the hills above Funchal, Madeira, a world of hidden quintas offers a rare glimpse into the island’s living heritage. Far from the...
by Jan Sevilla | Dec 11, 2021 | ESCAPES
Sights, sounds, the self and a schloss -l’Invitation au voyage in the snowy Bavarian Alps. Located in the idyllic Garmisch-Partenkirchen region, Schloss Elmau offers a rare form of luxury. Set amidst the Bavarian Alps, this celebrated cultural...
by Jan Sevilla | Sep 21, 2021 | EVERYTHING'S CONSIDERED
When I visited Budapest in 2015, I spent most of my time contentedly settled in one of the city’s coffee shop houses, eavesdropping and making conversations with people at the next spindly table. It was wonderful to immerse in a city and get lost in its inflection and...
by Jan Sevilla | Aug 21, 2021 | EVERYTHING'S CONSIDERED
Under the cobalt glory of the Algarve sky, I arrived in Olhão, Portugal in the sweet summer of 2019. My affection towards the town and my wish to go back there is echoed in the work of fiction written below. The names and the events are completely made up but not the...
