by Jan Sevilla | Mar 31, 2024 | HOTELS
by Jan Sevilla | Mar 14, 2024 | EVERYTHING'S CONSIDERED
Heading to Spain soon? The chances of coming across some common local expressions are inevitable as soaking oneself in the glorious Spanish sunshine. Say “hola” to your churro with gusto or order your café con leche like performing a...
by Jan Sevilla | Mar 3, 2024 | HOTELS
by Jan Sevilla | Feb 28, 2024 | EVERYTHING'S CONSIDERED
Before you order your café crème or soufflé, know this: the French are not just obsessed with their food, they also use it as a language of expression. Long before “je t’aime” (I love you), there was “mon petit chou” (my little...
by Jan Sevilla | Sep 2, 2023 | HOTELS
by Jan Sevilla | May 16, 2023 | HOTELS
by Jan Sevilla | Dec 9, 2022 | HOTELS
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 7, 2022 | HOTELS
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...
by Jan Sevilla | Jul 20, 2021 | EVERYTHING'S CONSIDERED
I first came to Tangier in 2019. I love the city and its frivolity that I thought it could be the ideal introduction to Morocco and Africa. The city lends an enchantment to those who venture into its narrow walls and layered history. For many, Tangier is the new...
by Jan Sevilla | May 15, 2021 | EVERYTHING'S CONSIDERED
Why boarding a bus invites introspective reflections and pleasures of the everyday. Next stop which loosely translates to ‘prochain arrêt’ in French revolves around bus rides and why there’s more to it than getting on and off. A mong all the things...
by Jan Sevilla | Apr 16, 2021 | EVERYTHING'S CONSIDERED
When was the last time you traveled? With very few destinations to visit these days due to Covid-19, what’s the good of moving when you could travel sitting so comfortably on a chair? Yes I have been to Vienna. Just last night, I was back in the Austrian...
by Jan Sevilla | Mar 20, 2021 | EVERYTHING'S CONSIDERED
Along the highway of life, we come across strangers that leave a part of themselves with us. Oftentimes, they become a part of our journeys and the bittersweet landscapes that we travel to. He wears his smile like a child having tasted lemon for the first...
