foreign countries

For many years, traveling to a foreign country meant getting some cash in that country’s denomination and potentially some traveler’s checks. I remember during my earliest international travels that getting …

International travel is roaring back to life. After years of restrictions, revenge travel is now going overseas. This is the last leg of a journey, when everyone is making up …

For years, it was said that only 10% of Americans had a passport. That statistic used to be true a few decades ago, but it’s now increased quite a bit. …

Practically all of us have done it at one point or another. Your aunt knows you’re going to the UK and asks you to buy co-codamol (paracetamol [we call it …

When COVID-19 took over the world in early 2020, the people in charge of the Tokyo Olympics swore up and down that the Olympics would still happen that July. They …

Happy Saturday, travel friends! Here’s a recap of what’s gone on at YMMV this week. From what we’ve written to what others wrote that we really liked and wanted to …

The first time I traveled internationally was in 1994, when I went to Japan with a friend. We were, by far, two of only a handful of U.S. citizens we …

So a new app came out not all that long ago. It’s called Sexy Lingo and, based on the name alone, it shouldn’t be surprising that it’s powered by, you …

Happy Sunday to all of our travel friends, both near and far! Here are some articles we’ve read from other bloggers (and other sources) that we think you may like, …

Joe and I have traveled to several countries where English was not the native tongue. Joe took Latin in school so his ability to translate is limited, but I took …